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Name: CRIPPS, Cecil St. Vincent
Nee: bro of C.E. and Alfred Eardley Cripps
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1880 Mowbray, Cape Town, Cape Colony
Death Date: 4 July 1956 d. and was buried on his farm at Eldoret
First Date: 1907
Last Date: 1956
Profession: He trekked up by ox-waggon to his farm 'Curraghmore', near 'Farm 64' which was later known as Eldoret. 'Curraghmore' was also the first home in the Plateau area to have a tennis court and both Cripps and his wife were very good players.
Area: Eldoret, 1922 Curraghmore Est. Soy, Nakuru
Married: In Glen Grey, Cape Province 20 Mar 1912 Estelle Charlotte Archer Elliott b. 7 Apr 1886 Lady Frere, Cape Province, d. 17 May 1931 Soy
Children: Leslie Esme St Vincent (m. at Eldoret 1 Nov 1933 Dudley Churton Shepheard and later Sydney Warhurst Howitt) (28 Mar 1915 Lady Frere, S. Africa-26 Oct 2001 Cape Town)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Drumkey, Red 22, Trans Nzoia Scrap Book, Land, Red Book 1912, Gazette
General Information:
With his brother he built the first stone house on the Plateau
In 1909 he decided to walk up to Uganda, around Elgon and through the Suk country, trading in cattle and sheep, a tedious, difficult and dangerous adventure.
HBEA 1912 has C. Cripps
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, Nandi Border Tennis Club (Cecil Cripps)
Trans Nzoia Scrap Book - 'Butterfly and Moth Collecting in the Trans Nzoia' - The next person to become interested was Cecil Cripps at Soy; he bred many species and in addition was a great artist. I [T.H.E. Jackson] still have many of his butterfly paintings Land 1909 - C. St. V. Cripps - Grazing and agricultural, 3650 acres - Uasin Gishu - 18/8/08 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 5 to 99 years from 1/3/09 - Registered 5/12/09
Red Book 1912 - C. St. V. Cripps - Uasin Gishu
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau South - C. St. Vincent Cripps, Farmer, Farm P.O. Soy
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Daily Representative (SA newspaper) for wife and daughter
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