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Name: CARR, Russell (Major)
Birth Date: 9 July 1876 Greenwich
Death Date: 8 June 1926 Ipswich
First Date: 1907
Last Date: 1927
Profession: Farmed a small-holding near what is now known as 'Muthaiga' on the outskirts of Nairobi. Stephen Ellis's ledger shows Mrs Carr Nov 1908.
Area: Nairobi, HBEA 1912 - Lumbwa, 1925 Soy
Married: Julia Bazette
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, KFA, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Curtis, Drumkey, Red 22, Gazette, Eton, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19, SE Land
War Service: Lieut. Horneycroft's Mtd. Inf. In South Africa
School: Eton and Magdalen College Oxford
General Information:
Land 1909 - Russell Carr and J.E. Hannigan - Grazing and agricultural, 5000 acres - Lumbwa - 29/10/06 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/7/09 - Registered 16/2/10
SE - Mrs Carr - Nov 1908
KFA - Present at first meeting of Wheat Growers' Association - June 1911. ........... In partnership with Col. Swinton-Home and John Llewellyn, imported in 1924, a large steam engine and an up-to-date roller mill which were installed at Soy.
Curtis - p.111 - 'Leighton Farm, Turbo' by Mavis Birdsey - ' ........ 'Father's [Percy Birdsey] plan was to manage a farm at Lumbwa whose owner, a retired Army officer called Major Carr had been called to England on business. This gave him the opportunity to learn about conditions and the stock which he hoped to take up to Farm 123, which he had already applied for and which was at the back of beyond, over 80 miles from the railhead. .......... When Major Carr realized we were such a big family he was most kind and considerate. He put his large stone house, one of the few permanent houses in those parts, at our disposal, whilst he shifted to the usual rondavel ... which most of the settlers lived in.
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - KAR, Temporary Commission - Lieutenant - Russell Carr
Eton (1892) - Eton VIII 1894-5; Oxford VIII 1896-7; son of W.J. Carr a Stockbroker in the City
Red Book 1912 - R. Carr - Kericho
Gazette - 10/8/1921 - Register of Voters - Plateau North Area - Major Russell Carr - Farmer - PO Soy
Red Book 1919 - Russell Carr - Settler - Lumbwa
KAD 1922 has Major R. Carr, Soy.
Hut has CMS to Uganda
Gazette - 25/5/1927 - Probate and Administration - Russell Carr late of the Naval and Military Club, 94 Piccadilly who died at Ipswich on 8 June 1926. Applied for by Albert Thomas Hernon of Soy
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Major Russell Carr