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Name: BOWLES, Roger Vincent (Dr.)

Nee: son of Horace Edgar Bowles

Birth Date: 4 July 1903 Dublin

Death Date: Nakuru

First Date: 1934

Profession: Colonial Medical Service

Area: Solai, Kilifi, Subukia, Rumuruti, Nakuru

Married: 1. In Hampstead 1927 Florence Maud Evelyn Greaves b. 11 Apr1903 Willesden, d. Feb 1990 Bournemouth (later m. Percy Ewart Bowles 1883-1960); 2. 1938 Eileen Patricia Cora Hartigan 'Pat' b. 1905 (also m. Rodney G. Chilton b. 1903, Roderick John Ward 1902-1952 and Derek Chandos Sydney Fisher 1901-1972). She was the dau. of Kenya Governor Edward Northey.

Children: Rev. John Robin (7 Jan 1930 Kampala-3 Nov 2012 Perth, W. Australia); Margaret (1932); Anne Marie (10 Feb 1936 Nairobi); Benjamin Roger (1940)

Book Reference: Hut, Pioneers, Who's Who 63, Peerage

War Service: RAMC 1940-46, Lieut.-Col.

School: Highgate School 1915-20; University College Hospital London 1921-27; MRCS (Eng), LRCP, Lond., MB, BS Lond., MD Lond. 1933

General Information:

Pioneers - Subukia - Dr. Roger Bowles - article about Gendin Farm being plagued by marauding baboons.
Who's Who 63 - Colonial Medical Service 1928-33; Farmer Subukia and Rumuruti; founder member KNFU, Vice-President 1951, Council RASK since 1949, Vice-Chairman Progressive Local Government Party 1958
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Roger Vincent Bowles, Med Practitioner, Muthaiga, Box 483 and Florence Maud Evelyn Bowles, Housewife, Muthaiga
Paul Spicer, The Temptress, 2010  Their daughter Florence became housekeeper to Alice de Trafford at Wanjohi.

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