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Name: RYLAND, Richard Desmond Fetherstonhaugh

Birth Date: 6 Mar 1904 Dublin

Death Date: 2 Apr 1983 Amain, Castlehill, Ballina, Co Mayo

First Date: 1928

Last Date: 1960

Profession: Kenya Colonial Administration. Appointed as a DO in 1928. Senior DC Kisumu and Acting PC Nyanza in 1953

Area: Nairobi, Kisumu, 1948 Nakuru

Married: In London 4 Aug 1928 Frances Katherine Vernon Plummer (cousin) b. 25 Aug 1901 Hastings, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, d. 12 Apr 1990 London

Children: Katherine Susan Fetherstonhaugh (6 June 1932 Mombasa-1986); Constance Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh (Cowan) (26 Sep 1933 Mombasa-12 Nov 2009 London); Timothy Richard Godfrey (1939)

Book Reference: EAWL, Staff 39, Who's Who, Staff 53, Hut, Colonial, O&C, Dominion, Foster

School: Sedburgh and Lincoln College, Oxford 1923-27; BA (Oxon)

General Information:

Source: Mrs C.D.F. Cowan
Dominion - Administration Cadet - 1930
Gazette - 11/9/1928 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Cadet. Administration - R.D.F. Ryland
Colonial - Officer i/c Nairobi extra-provincial Dist. 1954
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
Gazette 18 May 1984 probate

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