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Name: SMEATON-STUART, John Roland 'Jack'
Birth Date: 9 Aug 1893 Singapore
Death Date: 1964 Newton Abbot
First Date: 1922
Profession: Farmer, writer
Area: Malgraves, Londiani
Married: 1. In Horndon on the Hill 10 Nov 1919 Evelyn Jane Blakemore b. 1898 Lichfield; 2. In 1927 Thelma Opal 'Muggy' Cottar b. 10 Nov 1907 Baca, Colorado, d. 24 Apr 1972 Mombasa (dau. of Charles Wayne Cottar and later m. Eric Mitchell Cornwall 1890-1940, Lou Desch and Ian Patrick); 3. Rita S. b. 29 Dec 1910
Children: 2. David Stuart (1928-2021 Chelmsford); Robin Stuart (19 Dec 1929 Kenya-9 Aug 2010 S. Africa)
Author: 'Safari For Gold' 1942
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, SS
War Service: Royal Field Artillery
General Information:
Gazette - 28/8/1928 - Bankruptcy Ordinance - John Roland Smeaton Stuart of Londiani, Settler - debtor's petition
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Lieut. J.R.S. Stuart, 47 Priory Road, W. Hampstead - Farm 468
One-time member of British Union of Fascists - interned 1941
1939 England and Wales Register living with Rita in Blofield and Flegg, Norfolk, as area rep. of petrol co.