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Name: HORNBY, Arthur
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1890 Salford
Death Date: 30 Jan 1964 Cheam, Surrey
First Date: 1922
Profession: Accountant
Area: Cicilia Buildings, Box 312, Nairobi
Married: In Dwygyfylchi, Caernarvonshire 17 Sep 1925 Margery Mary Davies b. 2 Oct 1904, d. 2 Aug 1990 London
Children: Jill Hazel (1924); dau. (7 Feb 1927 Nairobi); dau. (22 Apr 1928 Nairobi); dau. (5 June 1933 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Golf, Vulture, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Ruiru, Barnes, Harmony
General Information:
Vulture - Accountant - partner in the firm to which Mervyn Cowie came - 1932 - on the point of retiring and after 25 years in Africa had never shot a lion.
Red 25 - Captain, Muthaiga Golf Club
Barnes - Partner in the Accounting firm of Dunn, Hornby and Co. and was to become the second Master of the Lodge. He was made an Honorary Member of the Lodge [Ruiru] when he retired to England in 1937. In 1927 he became Master of Progress Lodge No. 3727 EC. Member of Lodge Harmony
Barnes - Founder Member of Lodge Ruiru - Accountant
KAD 1922 - Working Committee Member, KAR Officers' Dinner Club, (Hon. Auditor)
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936- Nairobi South - Arthur Hornby, Accountant, Allan Drive, Box 312, Nbi
Captain of Nairobi Golf Club in 1932. Captain of Muthaiga GC in 1924. Played in the EA Amateur Golf Championship in 1931.
1939 England and Wales Register living, as chartered accountant, in Sutton and Cheam, with wife
Nat Probate Calendar