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Name: COGHILL, Jocelyn Ambrose Cramer, Sir
Nee: 7th baronet Coghill
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1902 Skibbereen
Death Date: 6 June 1983 Bishopmill House, Elgin
First Date: 1930
Profession: Govt Land surveyor
Area: Kabete
Married: 1. In Kensington 25 July 1926 Elizabeth Gwendoline Atkins b. 25 Aug 1903 Chelsea, d. Oxford 22 Nov 1980 (div. 1949); 2. 4 July 1949 Louise Fernande Berdonneau b. 21 June 1927, d. 22 May 1978
Children: 1. Faith Patricia Elizabeth (1928-2016); Egerton James Nevill Tobias (26 Mar 1930 Ireland-2000); Isabelle Edith (1945, adopted) 2. Bridget (1949); Christopher (1950-51); Jocelyn Edith (1952-1983); Deborah (1954)
Book Reference: Red 31, Dominion, Old Africa
War Service: RNVR in WW2
School: Haileybury
General Information:
Dominion - Administration Cadet - 1930 - J.H.C. Coghill [sic]
Old Africa 34 - The Kakamega Goldfield by Robert G. Horne - ….. A Government Land Surveyor, Mr Coghill and his family were already camping at the site {near the Yala River crossing}