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Name: CORBETT, Charles Edward (Lieut.-Col.)
Nee: son of Edward Richard Corbett, relative of Francis Hayes Corbett
Birth Date: 7 May 1909 Condover, Shropshire
Death Date: 26 May 1990 Cardigan
First Date: 1929
Profession: Farm manager
Area: Rongai, Ol Joro Orok, Sotik partner with Ted Onslow, Njoro
Married: Sheila Henderson b. 12 Mar 1915 Mombasa, d. 6 June 1980 Wales (dau. of Frederick Louis Henderson)
Children: Peverel Jean (Mair) (22.9.1947 Nairobi-2014); Mary (28 May 1948 Nakuru-29 Apr 1987); 3 more dau.; one son
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Stud, Foster, Bednall, Patricia Sharp
General Information:
EA Stud Book 1954 - Pigs - Wessex Saddlebacks - C.E. Corbett, Ol Joro Orok
Foster - 1952 served on West Aberdare Chaplaincy Council; 1959 attended East Rift Valley Arch-Deaconry committees and the Diocesan Synod.
An immensely tall man who was one of the Njoro polo playing set, and a member of a well known Shropshire family
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List farm manager, Vron farm, Menengai