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Name: MURRAY, Lenox Biggar OBE
Nee: brother of Thomas Jarvis and son of Charles Frederick Kennan Murray
Birth Date: 16 July 1884 Paddington, London
Death Date: 28 Apr 1963 Stroud, Glos.
First Date: 1911
Last Date: 1925
Profession: Farmer
Area: Nanyuki
Married: In Marylebone 1918 Elizabeth Margaret Molteno b. 30 June 1894 Paddington, d. 15 Feb 1967 Painswick, Glos. (she was prev. m. to George Anthony Murray 1893-1918, her 2nd husband's bro
Children: Iona Margaret (1922-2013); George Lenox Molteno (1924); Patrick Anthony Molteno (1927-1995)
Book Reference: Foster, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Leader14, LG, Gazette
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - C Sqdn. 7/9/14 - 1/5/15 - To EASC
General Information:
Foster - After War service in the East African Mounted Rifles, from which he was later seconded to the Army Livestock Purchase Unit in the Supplies Branch, Lennox applied for, and obtained, a soldier settler farm in the Timau area (Farm 909) "Marania". During the war, Lennox Murray had ranged far and wide, including what was then the Belgian Congo in search of cattle for feeding the troops. He was awarded an O.B.E. for his work. Lennox appears to have started farming on "Marania" in 1921, but to have returned to England for good in 1925
London Gazette - 18 Nov 1918 - OBE for distinguished service in connection with military operations in East Africa - Captain Lennox Biggar Murray, EA Supply Corps
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kenya Area - Lennox Bigger [sic] Murray - Farmer, West Kenya
Foster - 'In 1911 Jarvis Murray trekked up to the Timau area accompanied by his brother Lennox. Jarvis was a surveyor and his early survey maps are still extant in the Nairobi Land Office. …'
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Lennox Biggar Murray, Farmer PO Naro Moru
Gazette 9 Mar 1965 - probate