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Name: BUXTON, Hubert Edward

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Nee: son of Edward Gurney Buxton, nephew of Cara (Carolyn) Gurney Buxton

Birth Date: 15 Aug 1901 Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk

Death Date: 26 Sep 1973 Nairobi

First Date: 1922

Profession: Farmer

Area: 1929 Njoro, 1922 Kedowa

Married: 18 June 1932 Anne Hawise Colleton Bowring (div. 1948) b. 6 Dec 1914, d. 3 Oct 2010 (she later m. Neville J. P. Wadley b. 1907)

Children: Robert Hugh (27 Nov 1933); Sara Carolyn Colleton (Foot) (23 Nov 1937)

Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Golf, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, mini-SITREP XIV, Pembroke, Red 22, Njoro, Pioneers, Racing, Burke, Foster, Rift Valley

War Service: Major EA Pioneer Corps

School: Eton & Trinity Coll. Cambridge

General Information:

mini-SITREP XIV - 2/Lt at Kenya Regiment first annual camp 1938 - photo.
Pembroke - mentioned by Rev William Pryor, a master at Pembroke House from 1963-65 - 'Then there was Uncle Hubert at Kedowa whose Kenya Weekly News had got us the job. His aunt Cara Buxton had driven up from the Cape with a half-span of oxen to meet the house (prefabricated) she had sent out from Norwich Thorpe to Kedowa Station. That was at the turn of the century. The railway was part of 'Buxton Policy' to undermine the Ugandan slave trade.'
Njoro - Captain's Prize 1930, 1932, 1937; Captain 1929, 1934; The Burton Cup 1935 with Mrs Buxton
Pioneers - Londiani & Mau Summit - Cara Buxton - Her nephew, Hubert Buxton, inherited her farm and his grand-daughters were living in Kericho in 1967 - 4 generations of the family.
Racing - Owner of 'Eldorado' - 1930
Burke - chm Nakuru CC 1958-61
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 31 Mar 1925 - H.E. Buxton
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 270). Involved in the redesigning of Njoro golf course in the late 20's. Captain of Njoro Golf Club in 1929, 1934. First played in the EA Amateur Golf Championship in 1935. Settler
Barnes Langata Cemetery, Nairobi Hubert Edward / Buxton / 1901 - 1973

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