The Spiers brothers were sons on Thomas Adolph Otto b. 1871, worked in PWD in India. Changed name to Spiers.

Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List at Lolchorai, Nakuru

KFA - Came to Kenya early in 1917 to the KAR on secondment from the Cameronians, in which he had served since the outbreak of war, bieng twice wounded, and having won the MC. He took up a soldier settler farm at Njoro and, like many others, lost everything in flax. Fortunately an accountant's training won him a job with the railway until he was able to return to farming, this time as a manager. After his marriage in 1929 he and his wife started (in addition to a farm) the Lolchorai Stud at Njoro, and so successful were they that for 17 years they headed the list of winning racehorse breeders.

Len Spiers' abilities in business earned him a place on several boards, and he was also active in public work of various kinds. It is, of course, customary to dwell upon the virtues and not upon the shortcomings of those who are mourned, but to say that Len Spiers made a first-rate Chairman, worked like a beaver, was liked and trusted by everyone and was, in fact, generally conceded to be the ideal man for the job is not, in this case, a set of valedictory platitudes. It is also true to say that he worked himself to death. Although, when he took on the chairmanship of the KFA, he gave up some of his other interests, he still had too much to do; the strain told, and in July 1956, he died peacefully on his 60th birthday, leaving behind a deep sense of bereavement not only among his family and personal friends but throughout the Colony.          

Golf - Captain of Njoro Golf Club in 1928. Club Champion in 1926/27, 1929. Winner of the Ronald Marshall Golf Competition at Njoro in 1928.Men's Champion - Nairobi Golf Club 1927. Laid out the Njoro Golf Course in 1923 with A.L. (Jock) Purves and Ronald Marshall. Secretary of Njoro Club in 1927 & 1936

KAD 1922 - Hon. Sec. & Treasurer, Njoro European Association; Hon. Sec. and Treasurer, Njoro Sports Club

East Africa & Rhodesia - 12/7/56 - Captain Leonard Adolphus Spiers, MC, chairman of the KFA who has died at his home in Njoro at the age of 60 almost immediately after a business visit to Europe, was educated at St. Paul's School, London, and Birmingham University, and served with the Cameronians and the KAR in the 1914-18 war, in which he was thrice wounded. Arriving in Africa in 1917, he settled in Njoro immediately after the armistice. In addition to farming he was interested in horse breeding, his Lolchorai stud being well known in the Colony. He was chairman of the Nakuru Trust Ltd., D.T. Dobie and Co. (EA) Ltd., and Kaimosi Estates Ltd., and a director of the Kenya Weekly News Ltd., Kipkebe Tea Ltd, Uganda Breweries Ltd., and other companies. Senior steward of the Jockey Club of Kenya, and vice-president of the Kenya National Farmers' Union, he was for many years president of the Njoro Settlers' Association.

In 1929 he married Miss Kathleen Isabel Morton, who survives him.

Year Book - 1953 - Steward of the Jockey Club of Kenya

Red 22 - Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Njoro European Association

EA Stud Book 1954 - Brood Mares - Thoroughbred - Breeders - Mrs L.A. Spiers (1933)

EA Stud Book 1954 - Brood Mares - Thoroughbred - Breeders - Capt. L.A. Spiers

EA Stud Book 1954 - Thoroughbred Stallions - Mrs L.A. Spiers, Lolchorai Stud, Njoro

EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Red Polls - Capt. L.A. Spiers MC, Njoro

Njoro - Njoro Golf Champion - 1926, 1927, 1929; Captains Prize 1935; Captain 1928; Ronald Marshall Cup 1928; The Burton Cup 1937 and 1938 with Mrs Spiers

Racing - Owner of 'Onyx' - 1929 - Mrs L.A. Spiers

Racing - Owner of 'Cassia' by 'Prince Pride' - 'Cassima' - 1929

Racing - Owner of 'Suswa' by 'Miwani' - 'Kedong' - 1930 - Mrs L.A. Spiers

Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Lieut. L.A. Spiers, 42 Headwell Road, Dunfermline - Farm 953

Rift Valley - 3 Sep 1925 - 'Some time ago I wrote a complaint re the lighting of the Club. This was written on a piece of paper since the complaint book was apparently not obtainable. The Club is today again in darkness & all that is available for the bar, the card room, the writing room and the verandah is ONE HURRICANE Lamp. No candles even. Couldn't something be done in the matter!' [reply - new lighting plant installed]

Rift Valley - Oct 1925 - 'Since there appears to be a considerable amount of illfeeling regarding the selection of teams to play for the Club at various games, it is suggested that a selection committee be appointed for each game. It might also simplify matters if the Sports Committee met regularly at least once a month, when matters of this nature would be dealt with automatically without the necessity of any illfeeling anywhere.'

Rift Valley - 29 Oct 1925 - 'Tea ordered at 3 pm. Did not arrive till 4 pm. A delay is obviously necessary when tea has to be brought over from the Banda - but surely not an hour.'

Rift Valley - 25 Nov 1926 - 'That the present price of Ginger Wine - viz; 1/- per small wineglass - is very excessive in view of the cost of a bottle.'

Rift Valley - 10 May 1927 - 'That steps be taken to make sure that Club members accounts be sent out before the 10th of each month at latest. Each month the accounts appear to be despatched later - my March a/c reached me on the 29th of April.'

Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 12 Dec 1920 - L.A. Spiers

Gazette - 19/7/1922 - Notice - I Leonard Adolphus Spiers, of Nakuru and Njoro, in the Colony of Kenya, hereby give notice that my wife Georgina McNee Spiers is living apart from me and I hereby expressly withdraw all and every authority which my wife may have at any time either expressly or by implication or otherwise acquired to contract for me or in my name as my agent or in any way to pledge my credit and that I will not be responsible for her debts whensoever and howsoever incurred.

Gazette 20 July 1979 - 2nd wife's probate

Gazette 24 July 1956 - probate

Wife played for the Njoro team in the Easter Golf Tournament of 1928 - a unique occurrence. 

Agnes Shaw: Len was a forceful sandy-haired Scot with a shrewd business sense and a tough exterior which hid the kindest of hearts.