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Name: CRESSWELL, William Warneford

Nee: bro of Herbert Pinkney Cresswell, son of Charles Estcourt Cresswell

Birth Date: 12 Apr 1875 Miserden, Gloucestershire

Death Date: 25 Aug 1959 Apsley Wragby. Lincs

First Date: 1913

Profession: Nairobi solicitor, Commissioner of Oaths, and Notary Public. Was a well known figure in Nairobi for many years and later at Nakuru

Area: Nairobi, Nakuru, 1930 Gilgil

Married: 1914 Marjorie King b. 1891

Children: Warneford Estcourt (18 Nov 1916 Shipston on Stour-1962 Queenstown, Cape Province); Elizabeth (1915 Nairobi-1949); Jane (1920 Nairobi); Margaret Coxwell (1928 Ross, Shropshire)

Book Reference: Gillett, Letter from R.G. Ridley, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Burke, SS, Gazette

School: Blundell's School, Tiverton 1887-92 (see Register)

General Information:

Letter from R.G. Ridley - "W.W. Cresswell - 'Wicked Willie' who always had the answer to a problem .......... he had been an Olympic swimmer."
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Surgeon T.H. Cresswell, RN, Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary - Farm 621 - Representative W.W. Cresswell Esq., Nairobi
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, North Area - William Warneford Cresswell - Solicitor, Ruaraka Hall
Gazette 12/4/1922 - Brands Registered during quarter ending 31/3/1922 - W.W. Cresswell, Messrs Harrison, Creswell & Hopley, Nairobi - VL3
Red 25 - President, Law Society of Kenya.
Hut - known as 'Wicked Willie'
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List
Gazette 15 Dec 1959 probate

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