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Name: HOLDEN, Arthur
Birth Date: 1871
First Date: 1934
Profession: Assessor, Inland Revenue
Area: Nairobi, 1925 Uasin Gishu Railway, Eldama Ravine, 1930 Box 843, Nairobi
Married: Mary b. 1884
Children: Marie (1905)
Book Reference: Golf, Staff 39, Red 25, Hut, Red 31
School: MA, CA
General Information:
Golf - Won the Kenya Amateur Championship in 1937 at Nyeri only 3 years after the course was completed. Played for Royal Nairobi GC against Gilgil in 1935. Played in 15 Amateur Championships since 1928 and won in 1937 and was runner up in 1931 and 1939. Winner of Amateur Golf Championship of EA in 1937. Runner-up in Amateur Golf Championship of EA in 1931, 1939. Runner-up in the Coronation Trophy in 1938. Winner of the Barry Cup (Coast Golf Championship) in 1930, 1948. Winner of the Goldfields Golf Championship in 1941
Staff 39 - Assessor, Inland Revenue in 1939, appointed 1937. Originally Clerk, 1934. Resigned 1934, Reappointed 1936
Captain of Nairobi Golf Club in 1937. Men's Champion - Nairobi Golf Club 1929, 1934, 1936, 1939. Men's Champion, Muthaiga GC 1929, 1931. Club Champion of Railway and Harbour Golf Club, Kilindini in 1948/49
Blue Book 1939 appt 28.5.1934