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Name: SWAIN, Richard Cecil 'Dick' MBE
Nee: son of Walter Swain, bro of Harold Saul Swain
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1901 Bhagalpur, India
Death Date: 31 Oct 1984 Cape Town
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 1965
Profession: Merchant, Kitale
Area: 1925 'Lindisfarne', Kitale, 1922 Limuru
Married: In Kitale 18 Dec 1924 Margherita Mabel Nannucci b. 19 Nov 1900 Cape Town, d. 10 June 1976 Cape Town
Children: Richard Oreste; Margherita Maria (Furnivall).; Victor Anthony (d. 17 Nov 2020); Julie Antoinette (Cleverly)
Book Reference: Golf, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Barnes, Whos Who 63
War Service: Army service, Coronation Medal
General Information:
Barnes - Early player for Kitale Rugby Club - 1930s
Whos Who 63 - Company Director, Farmer and Planter in Kitale area
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Richard Cecil Swain, Farmer PO Kitale and Mrs Annie Mathilda Swain [his mother], Married PO Kitale
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
First played in the EA Amateur Golf Championship in 1937. Winner of the Trans-Nzoia Championship in 1932. Played rugby for Kitale 1931.
Angela Swain: They retired to Cape Town in 1965. Richard was the Maize Controller for East Africa until the late 1950’s. Lived in Langata and then on the farm on Mount Elgon.