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Name: HOLLAND, William de Tilsten (Major)
Nee: father of Henry de la Pole Holland
Birth Date: 27 July 1861 Hamilton, Canada
Death Date: 31 May 1918 Nairobi
Last Date: 1918
Profession: Farmer
Area: Kiboko Flats, Chania Bridge
Married: In Pietermaritzburg, Natal 17 Aug 1889 Margaretta Pennefather b. 1873 Greytown, Natal, d. 19 May 1938 Outspan Hotel, Nyeri (later m. Harry Palairet Versturme Bunbury 1864-1943)
Children: William Pennefather (1890 Cape Town-1930); Henry de la Pole (1897 Yoxall-15 May 1941)
Book Reference: Barnes, Gazette
War Service: North Staffs. Regt
General Information:
Nairobi South cemetery - Major William de Tilsten Holland , died Jun 1918, buried 1 Jun 1918
Gazette 24/7/1918 - Probate and Administration in respect of the estate of William Tilston Holland, late of Kiboko Flats, Chania Bridge who died at Nairobi on 31/5/1918. Applied for by C.N.M. Harrison attorney of Margretta the sole executrix and widow of the deceased.
See also Henry and D.P. Holland
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death - William de Tilsten Holland aged 55, dysentery, 4 years in Kenya