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Name: PENTREATH, Charles Henry Reginald (Dr.)

Birth Date: 1 Oct 1872 Exmouth

Death Date: 19 May 1954 Nairobi, killed by Mau Mau

First Date: 1922

Last Date: 1954

Profession: Farmer; doctor

Area: Kiambu, 1925 Nairobi, 1930 Musini, Kaimosi

Married: In Brackmont, New Zealand 8 June 1898 Ruth Makgill b. 5 May 1878 Edinburgh, d. 1942 Musini, Kaimosi

Children: Mary Elizabeth (5 Apr 1899 Bristol-1980 N. Zealand); Edward Uther Haldane (10 Mar 1902 Cambridge, N. Zealand-29 Mar 1981Tauranga); Yvonne Makgill (29 Nov 1906 N. Zealand-6 Jan 1996 Kingston, Surrey); Katherine Rehu (Muus) (8 May 1910 Wairau, N. Zealand-30 Apr 1996 Zimbabwe); Denys Patrick Makgill (28 July 1917 Maidenhead-23 Apr 1972 Salisbury, S. Rhodesia)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EA & Rhodesia, Barnes, SS, Gazette

School: MB, BC, 1896, U. Camb.

General Information:

East Africa & Rhodesia - 27/5/54 - Dr. Charles Pentreath, who was attacked by an African in the road between Nairobi and Kiambu last week, has died in hospital. He was 83.

Nairobi City Park cemetery - Charles Henry R. Pentreath, died 19 May 1954 aged 83

Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Medical Class - Capt. C.H.R. Pentreath, 3 Castle Hill, Maidenhead, Berks - Farm 1279

Gazette 5/4/1922 - Registered in accordance with the terms of the Medical Practitioners' and Dentists' Ordinance 1910.

Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List

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