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Name: BAKER-CARR, Christopher D'Arcy Bloomfield Saltren CMG, DSO (Brig.-General)
Birth Date: 3 Mar 1878 Lanteglos, Cornwall
Death Date: 10 Jan 1949 Bacton, Norfolk
First Date: 1920
Profession: Sawmill, farmer
Area: 'Suam Estate', Kitale
Married: 1. In London 11 Aug 1902 Sara De Witt Quinan b. 1880 San Francisco, d. 15 Mar 1969 Rhodesia; 2. 1932 Agnes Helena Windsor b. 1894, d. 1960 Surrey
Children: Sir John Darcy Baker-Carr, Air Marshal (15 Jan 1906 Hythe-1998); Christopher Jerome Teesdale ( 31 Dec 1903 Hythe-1970); D'Arcy Arthur (3 Feb 1908-1985)
Author: From Chauffeur to Brigadier
Book Reference: Debrett, KAD, Red 25, Red 22, Trans Nzoia Scrap Book, DSO
General Information:
Debrett - entered Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1898, became Capt. 1902 and Major 1914; retired 1906; Hon. Brig.-Gen. 1920; served with Nile Expedition 1898, present at battle of Khartoum (Egyptian Medal with clasp, medal), in South Africa 1899-1902, present at relief of Ladysmith (despatches, Queen's medal with 4 clasps, King's medal with 2 clasps), and during European War 1914-18, firstly as Brig.-Maj. on Gen. Staff, and subsequently as a Brig. Com.
Red 22 - Justice of the Peace - Trans Nzoia
Red 22 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Red 22 - Steward, Uasin Gishu Gymkhana Club, Eldoret
Trans Nzoia Scrap Book - Suam Sawmill - The Mill was built in 1923 by General Baker-Carr of Suam Estates, and financed by a Belgian family called Waterkeyn. It was run by a turbine off a big furrow from the Suam, and stood near the present bridge over the Suam on the Bugishu mountain road.
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, REAAA (and Red 25).
Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer.
Red 25 - JP, N. Trans Nzoia.
Hut - Award for development of the Vickers Machine Gun
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Brig-General Christopher D'Arcy Barker-Carr, Farmer, Farm 1826, Trans Nzoia