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Name: COTTON, Maurice John OBE (Capt.)
Birth Date: 31 Aug 1890 Bromsgrove
Death Date: 14 Apr 1958 Kiganjo
First Date: 1913
Profession: Farmed at Mt. Kenya Estate, Nyeri
Area: Nyeri
Married: Margaret Elinor b. 23 Apr 1893, d. 6 Jan 1983 Steyning
Children: Diana Margaret (1932)
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Hut, Gazette, Barnes, Foster, LG, Red 19
War Service: EA Supply Corps
General Information:
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - M.J. Cotton, Land Office
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - East Africa Supply Corps - To be Lieutenant - M.J. Cotton
Gazette - 11/8/1915 - Appt. - EA Supply Corps - To be Captain - Lieut Maurice John Cotton
St. Peter's Nyeri cemetery - Maurice John Cotton, OBE, died 14 April 1958
Foster - December 1951 ill in Nyeri Hospital, an ex District Commissioner who Rev. Knight described to Beecher as an embittered man.
London Gazette - 7 February 1919 - OBE for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in East Africa - Capt. Maurice John Cotton, EA Supply Corps
Gazette 15/10/1913 - Arrival on 1st Appointment - Asst Land Ranger - 1/10/1913
Red Book 1919 - Land Dept - Assistant Land Ranger
KAD 1922 has M.J. Cotton - Town Valuator, Dept. of Lands, Nairobi
Gazette - 4/2/1920 - Appointment - To be Town Valuator [sic] - Maurice John Cotton, wef 7/10/1919
Gazette 30 Sep 1958 probate