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Name: HOEY, William Henry
Nee: bro of Alfred Ernest and Arthur Cecil Hoey
Birth Date: 1887 Wimbledon, bapt. 25 Jan
Death Date: 24 Dec 1960 Nakuru
First Date: 1910
Last Date: 1960
Profession: Farmer and white hunter, founder member White Hunters' Association
Area: Hoey's Bridge, Endebess, Sabatia/Eldama Ravine, Cobus Glen Estate, Hoey's Bridge, 1930 Chepchoina, Kitale
Married: 1. Gwendolen Marie Avery Wright who arrived EA 1905 b. 1886 Solihull, d. 26 Dec 1946 Kitale; 2. Mary Hamilton Collinson née Adams b. 19.12.1914 Nairobi, d. 16.2.2011 Brighton (dau. of Charles Harold Adams and prev. m. Hugh Milner Collinson 1903-1967)
Children: Jean Mary Mackenzie; Donald William; Phyllis Margaret
Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, Golf, Nicholson Memoirs, Lorimer, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Trans Nzoia Scrap Book, Land, Gazette, Harmony, Leader14, Richardson, Red Book 1912, Barnes, Red 19
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - C Sqdn. 6/8/14 - 27/4/15 - To Signals 22/9/14; Sergt. 24/9/14, Commandant POW camps WW2
School: Bluecoat School - Kew Gardens
General Information:
Won King's Cup at Bisley 1920.
Hobbies: gardening and landscaping at which he was expert, golf and radio ham. Source: Mrs Mary Hoey
President of Kitale Club (Golf) in 1934
Nicholson Memoirs - Winter hunting lodges had been built in 1906 north of the Uasin Gishu Plateau at Natwana by Claude Wright's father, at Maji Mzuri by Will and Cecil Hoey, white hunters, and at Cobus Glen for Lord Cork. ......... Claude Wright's sisters, Gladys and Gwen, married Cecil and Will Hoey, the White Hunters who arranged their winter holidays in Kenya.
Trans Nzoia Scrap Book - Horticultural Society - The Trans Nzoia Branch of the Royal Kenya Horticultural Society was founded in 1924, and the first show was staged in Kitale that same year. The moving spirits of this enterprise were Mrs Will Hoey and Mrs Chater Jack
Trans Nzoia Scrap Book - Bought Suam Sawmill in 1925/6 with A.J. Tweedie, Petter Axelsson and Aschen. ….. Will Hoey had ceased to be a shareholder in 1939 …. {for more see J.N. Tweedie}
Land - 1911 - W.H. Hoey - Grazing and agricultural, 3620 acres (Farm No. 190) - Uasin Gishu - 1/6/10 - Under Occupation Licence for 5 to 99 years from 1/8/10 - Registered 14/3/11
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Uasin Gishu Plateau - H.W. Hoey, Farm No. 180
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 6/4/14, age 26, Farmer, Trans Nzoia
Richardson 1925 - Eldoret - "… I promptly had a coincidence, for a Mrs Hoey called, with her brother, one Wright and his wife from England. She is married to Mr C. Hoey a son of the late range Warden at Bisley. Mr C. Hoey turned up later and we had a chat about Bisley where he had often shot. His brother William won the Silver Medal in 1920."
Red Book 1912 - W.H. Hoey - Uasin Gishu
Gazette 5/4/2938 - Honorary Game Warden
Nakuru North cemetery - William Henry Hoey - 1887-1961
Red Book 1919 - Uasin Gishu Gymkhana Club, Eldoret - Steward - W.H. Hoey
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - William Henry Hoey, Farmer, PO Soy
Gazette 14 Feb 1961 probate
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