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Name: BROWNRIGG, Gawen Egremont
Nee: son of Sir Douglas Brownrigg
Birth Date: 15.1.1911 Tokyo
Death Date: 8.8.1938 Nairobi
Last Date: 1938
Profession: Writer, sports journalist for the East African Standard
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Williton, Somerset 10 Sep 1931 Baroness Lucia von Borosini b. Chicago 7 Dec 1911, d. 15 Jan 2005 Albuquerque (div.1936)
Children: Nicholas, 5th baronet (22 Dec 1932 Pasadena-28 Sep 2018)
Book Reference: Barnes, Gazette, Peerage
School: Wellington College
General Information:
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Gomer Egremond [sic] Brownrigg, British, age 27, died 8/8/38
Gazette 16 Aug 1938 probate
Sylvia Brownrigg (granddaughter): Gawen Brownrigg was born in 1911 in "Tokio" where his father, Sir Douglas Egremont Brownrigg, was the naval attache. The family moved back to England in 1913. Brownrigg was educated at Wellington College school and then Magdalen College, Oxford though did not complete his degree. He was the author of two novels, "Star Against Star" (Obelisk Press, 1936) and "Later Than You Think" (Knopf, 1938). He died August 8, 1938 in Nairobi, where he was working at the East Africa Standard. He was survived by his ex-wife, Lucia von Borosini, and his son Nicholas (born 1932).