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Name: SEYMOUR-JONES, Donald (Capt.)
Nee: son of Alfred Seymour-Jones
Birth Date: 29 Feb 1892 Wrexham
Death Date: 27 Apr 1965 nr. Whitchurch, Shropshire
First Date: 1925
Profession: Farmer
Area: Songhor, 1930 Soba Estate, Box 30, Muhoroni
Married: In Brymbo, Denbighshire 19 Oct 1919 Millicent Emma Baggs b. 17 Feb 1892 Maidstone, d. 1 Aug 1964 Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Children: Gwynneth Millicent (19 Aug 1920 Wrexham-19 Aug 1990 Sutton Coldfield); Brenda Patricia (7 Nov 1922 Kenya-Sep 2008 Shropshire)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Red 31, Hut
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List
Gazette 28 Dec 1965 probate
His father Alfred Seymour-Jones was a well-known leather manufacturer in Wrexham.Donald was a captain in the First World War. He probably took the opportunity of land after the war, because he did not settle in his father’s business of leather manufacturing. He and his wife returned to England after the Mau-Mau uprising.
His father Alfred Seymour-Jones was a well-known leather manufacturer in Wrexham.Donald was a captain in the First World War. He probably took the opportunity of land after the war, because he did not settle in his father’s business of leather manufacturing. He and his wife returned to England after the Mau-Mau uprising.