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Name: BOUSFIELD, Henry Richings
Birth Date: 3 May 1863 Winchester
Death Date: 27 Oct 1930 Kloof, Pinetown, Natal, South Africa
Nationality: British
First Date: 1891
Profession: IBEA Co. General Africa Staff - appointed January 1891. Engaged in Company's (unsuccessful) lead/silver mining operations at Mazeras Sep. 1892; advocate in S. Africa
Area: Mombasa, Mazeras
Married: In Durban, South Africa 22.4.1890 Coral Escombe b. 5 June 1868 Durban, d. 24 Feb 1931 Durban
Children: Donald Charles (3 May 1941 S. Africa)
Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, IBEA, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904
General Information:
IBEA Co. - Nominal List of British Born Subjects resident in IBEA Territories within the Sultan's Domain, 30 April 1891 - H.R. Bousfield, Railway Works
North - 'To be at once dispensed with' (Mackinnon Papers) 17-6-1892; engaged in IBEA Co's (unsuccessful) lead and silver mining operations at Mazeras Aug-Oct 1892; at Mombasa 29-10-1892; sent from Mombasa to help George Wilson with road building near Kibwezi 24-12-1892
Issued with Bird Licence at Mombasa Oct-Dec 1901 & 12-1-1903
EAS 4 Nov 1954 Mr Donald Charles Bousfield, of the Kenya Game Department, serving as an officer in the police reserve, has been wounded in action against terrorists near Nanyuki.