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Name: GOWER, Ivon Llewellyn Owen

Birth Date: 6.9.1874 London

Death Date: 28.7.1955 Tunbridge Wells

First Date: 1908

Profession: Barrister at Law, Lincoln's Inn 1903, Solicitor General EAP and an Official Member of Legco, he was Acting Asst. Land Officer in 1912 and later Asst. Attorney General

Area: Nairobi

Married: In London 22 Apr 1911 Ursula Margaret Clark b. 16 Oct 1883 London, d. 27 Apr 1942 Tunbridge Wells

Children: John Ronald (7 Apr 1912 Nairobi-2007); Derek Ivon (8 Sep 1915 Nairobi-6 June 1944 Narmandy, on active service); Richard Hallam (9 June 1917 Bognor Regis-1973)

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Golf, KAD, Red 25, Drumkey, Red 22, Gazette, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19, North

School: Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn 1903

General Information:

Golf - Elected to Committee of Nairobi Golf Club in 1910 at the first annual general meeting. Captain of Nairobi Golf Club in 1914. Runner-up in Amateur Golf Championship of EA in 1912/13  
KAD 1922 - Solicitor General
Drumkey 1909 - Land Dept. - Conveyancer
Gazette - 19/7/16 - appt. Acting Land Officer
Leader14 - Conveyancer, Land Office
Red Book 1912 - T. Gower [sic] - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Land Dept. - Conveyancer
Gazette 15/6/1908 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Conveyancer in the Land Office - 11/6/1908
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Ivon Llewellyn Owen Gower - Civil Servant, The Hill and Mrs Ursula Margaret Gower - The Hill
Red Book 1919 - Solicitor-General - The Hon. I.L.O. Gower
HBEA 1912 - Conveyancer, Land Office. Red 25 - Solicitor General
1939 England and Wales Register living in Tunbridge Wells with wife and sons.

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