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Name: TUSON, George Edward DSO (Col.)
Nee: bro of Vernon Frederick Tuson
Birth Date: 29.6.1871 Rockhampton, Queensland
Death Date: 9.12.1935 Nairobi
First Date: 1912
Last Date: 1936
Profession: Farmer
Area: Upper Narosurra, Eldama Ravine,
Married: In London 21 Sep 1912 Mrs Sarah Maria Isabel Lowe née Bright-Williams b. 1881 Birmingham, d. 9 Feb 1982 Nairobi (widow of James Lowe)
Children: George Victor Tregurtha (14 Dec 1914 London-14 Feb 1936 Sabatia); Dorothy Isabel Mary (Powell) (1 July 1913 Kensington-22 Jan 2005 Nairobi)
Book Reference: HBEA, Debrett, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 31, Red 22, Land, Barnes, DSO, Rift Valley, Gazette, North
War Service: 16th Lancers
General Information:
Debrett - entered 16th Lancers 1890, became Capt. 1899, Major 1903 (retired 1909); now Col. Reserve of Officers; Chitral Relief Force 1895 (medal with clasp), N-W Frontier of India 1897-98 (medal with clasp), S. Africa 1899-1900, present at relief of Kimberley (despatches, DSO); appointed an AAG
Red 22 - Vice-President, Ravine Farmers' Association
Land - 1910 - Major G.E. Tuson - Grazing and agricultural, 2824 acres - Nyeri District - 4/2/09 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/7/10 - Registered 8/12/10
DSO - London Gazette, 27 Sept 1901 - In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 21 Aug 1919 - Lt.-Col. G.E. Tuson
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - Col. G.E. Tuson - Farmer - Nakuru and Mrs Tuson - Nakuru
HBEA 1912 - has Major Tuson as Vice President of EA Turf Club.
Red 25 - President, Ravine Farmers' Association
Hut - 1922 Kerio Estate, Gamosura River, 1937 Sabatia Farm, 1910 Naivasha
He rode in Gymkhana races as an amateur jockey, his colours being blue and black. Mrs Tuson, called 'the Merry Widow' before she married Tuson, had a small Somali pony which she bought from Clutterbuck. She renamed it Kongoni and rode it astride, being one of the first women to do that, entering races and winning on occasion.
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - George Edward Tuson, British, age 50, died 9.12.1935
FindaGrave Dorothy Isabel Mary Tuson Powell Birth 1 Jul 1913 Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England Death 22 Jan 2005 (aged 91) Burial Cremated. Specifically: Memorial in Garden of Remembrance, St Francis Church, Karen, Nairobi Memorial ID 240725866