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Name: GIBSON, Alan Keith OBE, MC (Lieut.-Col.)
Photo Source: Phil Toye
Nee: bro of Archibald Leslie Gibson
Birth Date: 10 July 1882 Chelmsford, bapt 10 Sep
Death Date: 22 July 1961 London
First Date: 1922
Profession: Company manager, land agent
Area: Gilgil, Red 25 - EA Lands Syndicate, Gilgil, Honorary Permit Issuer - JP, Gilgil
Married: In London 9 June 1914 Dorothy Radcliffe Browne b. 19 Aug 1892 Parkstone, Dorset
Children: Michael Oliver John (24 June 1915 Christchurch. Hants.-2007)
Book Reference: Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Karen 50, Hut, Legion, Pembroke, Red 22, Njoro, Gazette
War Service: 1st/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Lieut.-Col., 1914-19, joined Kenya British Legion 1931
General Information:
Golf - For many years Colonel Gibson acted as Honorary Secretary and Greenkeeper to Gilgil Golf Club, which is very greatly indebted to him for all he did for it. Captain of Gilgil Golf Club in 1926, 1932, 1945. Runner-up in the Rift Valley Championship in 1935. Winner of the Plateau Golf Championship in 1926/27. Winner of the Ronald Marshall Golf Competition at Njoro in 1929, 1931/32
KAD 1922 has Capt. A.F. Gibson as Vice-President of Naivasha Sports Club.?
Red 25 - Capt. A.K. Gibson - Vice-President, Naivasha Sports Club
President of the Golf Union of EA in 1935. Replanned Naivasha Golf Course in 1938 with J. Anderson and S.J.O. Armstrong. Founded Gilgil Golf Club in 1926 and laid out the course. Winner of the Rift Valley Championship in 1931.
Karen 50 - Secretary of Karen CC 1938/39
Pembroke - EA Syndicate land - ' ...... A Captain Alan Gibson acquired some of this land, hoping to farm flax. A man of ambition, he set about building himself a mansion, but ran out of money when the programme was about three quarters finished. Forced to sell the incomplete shell - known as Gibson's Folly - and 110 acres of land about it was bought by one Harold Turner, who completed the building as a preparatory boarding school for boys of European descent: Pembroke House. [1927]. ....... From the outset many of the local farming community volunteered help - particularly where sporting activities were concerned. The most enthusiastic of them was probably Captain Gibson from whom Turner originally bought the land and building. He presented a Challenge Cup for sports and was always available to lend an organising hand. He also raised teams from among the local farming community (suitably handicapped of course) to play against the boys. Indeed, so interested did he become that in 1934 he joined as a full time member of staff as the school's Bursar, remaining until mid-1935 when he had to go to Britain for medical treatment. As an historical aside, Alan Gibson's brother Toby was one of the last of the lob (underarm) bowlers in first class cricket, and also a member of the local community who often came to Pembroke.
Pembroke - Judge at Pembroke House Sports 1932 and Official in 1938
Red 22 - Justice of the Peace - Gilgil Area
Red 22 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Red 22 - Vice-President, Naivasha Sports Club
Njoro - The Gooding Cup 1932 - G. Le Blanc Smith & A.K. Gibson; The Ronald Marshall Cup 1929, 1931, 1932
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - A.K. Gibson - Manager EALD Co. Ltd. - Gilgil