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Name: CLUTTERBUCK, Charles Baldwin

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Nee: bro of Henry Baldwin Clutterbuck

Birth Date: 25 Apr 1871 Carlisle

Death Date: 22 Jan 1958 Durban, South Africa

First Date: 1904

Profession: Became a well known Njoro farmer and race horse owner

Area: Njoro, Molo, 1930 Elburgon

Married: 1. In Malton, Yorkshire 6 Aug 1898 (div. 1912) Clara Agnes Alexander b. 29 Aug 1877 Landour, Ajmer, India, d. 8 Feb 1952 Dartford, Kent (later m. Henry Fearnley Kirkpatrick 1876-1918); 2. In Nakuru 1 Dec 1934 Ada Whitelock née Kidson

Children: Richard Alexander (1900 Scarborough-11 Oct 1927 Nairobi); Beryl (Markham) (26 Oct 1902 Ashwell, Rutland-3 Aug 1986 Nairobi)

Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Cuckoo, Best, Midday Sun, Bendel, Markham, Empire, EAHB 1905, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Playne, Drumkey, Red 22, Land, Advertiser, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Racing, North, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Chandler, Red Book 1912, Red 19

School: Repton

General Information:

SE - C.B. Clutterbuck - Njoro - Jul 1907
Cuckoo - mentions him as a timber fuel contractor for the Railway.
Midday Sun - went bankrupt in 1918 and left the country.
Bendel - rode the late Lord Delamere's 'Dawn' at the New Year Meeting of 1905.
Markham - In June 1904, after a 36 hour train journey, Beryl's father abandoned his wife and children at Wood's, a crude hotel near Nairobi station (the Norfolk was still under construction) ....... Clutt started working for Delamere in dairy to supervise cream production and butter making. Clutt fell out over the Masai with Delamere, and sacked his Masai staff. Delamere was livid and they parted company. ...... He bought 5000 acres at Molo and Ndimu Farm. ........ he became trainer for Delamere and for Galbraith and Berkeley Cole. .... After Clara fell in love with Maj. H.F. Kirkpatrick and returned to England in 1906 Emma Orchardson and her son Arthur moved in with Clutt and, when Beryl married Jock Purves they could not hold the reception at Muthaiga since Clutt and Emma were 'living in sin'. .......... the currency revaluation in 1920 effectively ruined Clutt ....... his assets were auctioned and he went to Cape Town. Emma Orchardson went to Nairobi and then to Australia.  Empire - was one of the first to form any stud of importance in Kenya up-country, at Njoro ..….
Beryl Markham, Straight on till Morning: Settler life, despite the obvious improvements brought about since 1904, had not suited Clara. She enjoyed a busy social existence, loved parties and dancing, and could not accustom herself to the rigours, nor the social isolation, of her new life. Her single regular contact with civilization seems to have been a friendship with Lord Delamere's wife Florence, daughter of the Earl of Enniskillen. Before being taken to India by her parents, Clara too had been gently raised in a succession of 'big houses belonging to the Alexanders, a great Irish family. The two women undoubtedly shared the trauma of their changed circumstances, But the friendship of Lady Delamere could not compensate Clara for the living standards and society she missed so much, and she was not able to adapt, nor accept the privations, so well as her neighbour. Three months after young Richard had sailed for England, Clara embarked on the SS Djemnah bound for Marseilles and home. In 1986 Beryl stated that her father always told her that Clara ran off to England with Harry Kirkpatrick'. Major Harry Fearnley Kirkpatrick (whom Clara married some years later).
Playne - '...... Most prominent amongst owners and trainers are Mr C.B. Clutterbuck and Mr James Elkington. The former rides a good race, and, further, knows how to get his ponies fit to race. Besides his own animals, he generally has a certain number of others in his stable to train for different owners .......... The most successful ponies in the country as far as stake money is concerned are the two Australian mares - Gladys (height 14.2) who has won about £500 in stakes, and the very useful and consistent performer, Kathleen (height 14.11/2), who has also won many races. Gladys is the property of Mr Clutterbuck, and until recently Kathleen was also his, but he has lately disposed of her to Mr H.A. Penton ...…
Playne - Ndimu Farm - Mr C.B. Clutterbuck is a keen sportsman and races a good deal, having won most of the principal events at Nairobi with 2 Australian mares, Gladys and Kathleen. He came to BEA in 1904 from England, where he had been farming 5 or 6 years. He worked at first for Lord Hindlip, and then managed the dairy for Lord Delamere. Afterwards he took up a farm, at Njoro, of 3,000 acres, named Ndimu. This farm is bordered by a forest, but a large portion of the land is plains, and it is here that wheat is to be grown as soon as it has been proved that it can be done successfully. Oats grown for home use were most satisfactory. The railway runs through the property, and a splendid view is obtained from the homestead, which is surrounded by a well-kept and pretty garden. Mr Clutterbuck has also a freehold farm of 1,000 acres at Nakuru for the purpose of growing black wattle, and 5,000 acres at Molo, where sheep are to be run; while among other interests, he has a share in the Sabaki Rubber Estates and the Mambrui Rubber Estates. At the latter place, which is on the coast, sisal is also grown. The two estates amount to some 16,000 acres. A large contract has been secured from the railway for timber, and fuel is supplied from Nakuru to the Lake, including the Lake Steamers. Mr Clutterbuck has his own sawmill. Some 5,000 cubic feet of fuel is cut per day - viz. one train load. It consists mostly of cedar, olive and ironwood. Three Europeans and from seven to eight hundred natives are employed.
Drumkey 1909 - Live-Stock Dealer and Breeder - Njoro Farm
Land - 1908 - C.B. Clutterbuck - Grazing, 752.7 acres, Njoro River, 5-8-07, Registered 27-7-08
Land - 1909 - C.B. Clutterbuck - Agricultural and grazing, 879 acres, Njoro River, 19-12-04, Registered 2-1-09
Land - 1906 - Charles B. Clutterbuck - Grazing, 4000 acres - Between Theka and Kitimuru rivers - 99 years lease from 1/1/1905 - Registered 22/2/1906
Land 1909 - C.B. Clutterbuck - Grazing and agricultural, 2813.4 acres - Njoro - 5/8/07 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/1/09 - Registered 13/7/09
Land - 1911 - C.B. Clutterbuck - Grazing and agricultural, 140.2 acres - Naivasha - 31/8/09 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/11/09 - Registered 28/8/11
Land - 1911 - C.B. Clutterbuck - Grazing and agricultural, 2353 acres - South Molo - 1/9/05 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/9/05 - Registered 16/12/11
Advertiser - 12/6/1908 -Advert - Fencing posts - C.B. Clutterbuck, Njoro
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Njoro - C.B. Clutterbuck (British), Farm Manager
Racing - Owner of 'Grenadier' - 1930
Racing - Owner of 'Rip' - Winner of the Produce Stakes in 1919
Racing - Owner of 'Ruddy' - Winner of the Kenya Steeplechase Cup in 1919
North - arr. Mombasa 28-7-1904; Manager for Lord Hindlip 22-6-1905; Mrs Clutterbuck and daughter Beryl arrive Mombasa from England 19-10-1905
Chandler - Lieut. In King's Own Scottish Borderers ……. Compelled to resign in 1897, probably because of debt (the official notice said it was for being absent without leave), Clutterbuck married Clara Alexander [sic] and fathered 2 children before relocating to Kenya in the early 1900s. ……. An expert trainer of racehorses, Clutterbuck moved to Peru in the 1920s and for years was a successful horse trainer in South Africa. ……… When he died in 1957, still working with horses, he left most of his estate to his second wife, but his "best horse" was bequeathed to Beryl. Unfortunately health regulations prohibited transporting horses from South Africa to Kenya so she was never able to claim her legacy.
Red Book 1912 - C.B. Clutterbuck - Njoro
Gazette 18/1/1922 - Declared Insolvent after petition by BEA Farmers Association
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - C.B. Clutterbuck - Flour Miller - Njoro
Red Book 1919 - District Committees - Nakuru - C.B. Clutterbuck
Red Book 1919 - East Africa Turf Club - Nairobi - Steward
Gazette - 15/10/1929 - Obtained absolute discharge from Insolvency
His daughter, Beryl Markham, was the first woman to complete the solo crossing of the North Atlantic, East to West, in an aeroplane in September 1936

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