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Name: PEDRAZA, Roderick Sanchez

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Nee: son of Olegaris Sanchez Pedraza

Birth Date: 23 Jan 1888 Bombay, India

Death Date: 20 Sep 1953 London

First Date: 1902

Last Date: 1951

Profession: Colonial Administration - ADC, DC, PC, Commissioner of Mines. Appointed Senior DC 1939. Originally Asst. DC in 1914. Officer in Charge Masai District in 1939

Area: Kisumu, Nakuru, Kitale, Kacheliba, Kilifi, Mombasa, Kakamega, Nairobi, Ngong, 1930 Kacheliba

Married: In Bedford 1911 Margery 'Madge' Eleanor Howard Farr b. 26 Mar 1890 Andover, d. 3 Jan 1983 Limpsfield

Children: Geoffrey James Ward (18 Dec 1918 Nairobi-2006 Devon); Joan Madeline (Nakuru 1921) (Phillips); another

Book Reference: EAWL, Golf, Staff 39, Hoey, Ione, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Blundell's Register, Colonial, Red 22, Gazette, Dominion, Olga, Red 19

School: Blundell's School, Tiverton 1900-1907; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

General Information:

Source: Mrs Joan Phillips  
Ione - gave evidence at Jomo Kenyatta's trial.
KAD 1922 - Asst. District and Resident Commissioner, Nakuru
Gazette - 14/10/14 - Rodrigo Pedraza - appt. Asst. DC Kisumu
Dominion - District Officer - 1930
Gazette 30/9/1914 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Dist. Commissioner - 20/9/1914
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - R. Pedraza - Acting District Commissioner - Naivasha and Mrs Pedraza - Naivasha
President of Kakamega Golf Club in 1941.

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