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Name: MacGREGOR, Robert Morrice 'Bob'

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Birth Date: 12 June 1893 Aberdeen

Death Date: 26 June 1966 Nairobi

First Date: 1920

Last Date: 1966

Profession: He first visited Kenya during WW1 with the S. African forces and he returned with his young Australian wife in 1920. As a Chartered Accountant in a country with no Income Tax and which was suffering from the depression work was hard to come by.

Area: Nairobi, Box 158

Married: In S. Africa 21 Feb 1920 Carmel Gertrude Butler b. 8 Juy 1896 Jamestown, S. Australia, d. 29 Sep 1984 Cape Town. After husband's death moved to Cape Town.

Children: Robert 'Bobby' Butler (RAF Pilot Officer b. 7 Apr 1921 Durban, killed 15.8.1940 as pilot in WW2, Fawley Churchyard, Hampshire); Duncan Patrick B. (22 July 1924 Durban-1998)

Book Reference: EAWL, Golf, Red 25, Red 31

War Service: SA Heavy Artillery in German W. Africa, Tanganyika and Palestine in WW1

School: Durban Boys' Model School

General Information:

Work prospects improved after the introduction of Tax especially on the outlying farms when farmers suddenly had to produce 'books'. He was a keen sportsman. As a young man in the 20s he played a lot of tennis and was involved with the administration of the Kenya Lawn Tennis Association of which he became President. After an injury he transferred his affection to golf and played at what was then the Nairobi Golf Club - later Royal N.G.C. He was President twice and Captain several times. He was also an active member of the Kenya Golf Union and founded the 'Seniors'. He also founded the Bowls section of the R.N.G.C.   Source: Mrs H. MacGregor
Golf - President of the Golf Union of EA in 1947. President of Nairobi Golf Club in 1938. Captain of Nairobi Golf Club in 1931. Played for Royal Nairobi GC against Gilgil in 1935
Nairobi c/o McGregor & Cooper
Chartered Accountant - Own Practice 1920 - 1937. Managing Director, MacGregor-Oates Motors Ltd. 1937 - 1959
Source: Mrs I.H. MacGregor
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Robert Morrice MacGregor, Accountant & Auditor, Ngong Rd, Box 158, Nbi and Mrs Carmel T. Burnedett MacGregor, married woman, Box 158, Nbi
Barnes - Langata cem, Nbi - in loving memory / of / Robert Morrice MacGregor / husband of / Carmel / and father of / Bobbie and Duncan / born Aberdeen 12.6.1893 / died Nairobi 26.6.1966
Gazette 12 July 1966 probate
 

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