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Name: BLAND, Richard George
Birth Date: 31.1.1868 Speen, Berkshire
Death Date: 1944
First Date: 1898
Profession: Official on the Uganda Railway
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Karachi 30.1.1895 Harriette Maker b. 10 Dec 1875 Karachi, d. 1910 Wallingford, Berks.
Children: Richard George (Karachi 12.8.1896); Wiliam Henry 'Harry' (Karachi 1899); Arthur Stanley (Nairobi 1901); Winifred Harriette (Nairobi 6.11.1904)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, Red 25, Hut, North, Drumkey, Advertiser, Jews, EAHB 1906, Harmony, EAHB 1904, Masonic, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Stationed most of his time in Nairobi, he was a great supporter of the Railway Institute there.
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Locomotive Dept. - Sub-Storekeeper 1898
Drumkey 1909 - Hon. Treasurer, Railway Institute, Nairobi
North - Uganda Railway appt. dated 26-11-1898; Sub-Storekeeper, Chief Storekeeper's office May 1902; with wife Harriet née Maker and son Harry, aged 4, April 1903; Listed with 'Officers & Subordinates' Sub-Storekeeper 1-4-1903.
Advertiser - Friday April 2, 1909 - Government School Prizegiving - Lady Sadler's prize - Best Boy in the school - Harry Bland
Advertiser - Friday April 2, 1909 - Government School Prizegiving - Infants (Senior) Class 1 - Cyril Bland
Advertiser - Friday April 2, 1909 - Government School Prizegiving - Standard V Form Prize 1 - Harry Bland
Jews - 1912 - Laying of the Foundation Stone of the first Nairobi synagogue - ….. Corn,wine and oil handed to H.E. by Messrs Bland, Rehm and Mitchell, attending Freemasons
Advertiser - 2/10/1908 - Masonic Temple consecrated - Consecrating Master - Wor. Bro. R.G. Bland P.M., P.Z. - Bro Bland the father of the craft in East Africa. 1st Master of Lodge Harmony and he consecrated Lodge Scotia. Member of Harmony Lodge - No. 1 - Joined 1/5/05, Sub-Storekeeper, Nairobi
North - Sons, William Henry and Arthur Stanley enrolled at Uganda Railway School, Nairobi when it opened 20-1-1904; Member of the EAP Volunteer Reserve June 1905; Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge Harmony, Nairobi 2-9-1905
EAHB 1904 - Nairobi Residents - Bland, R.G. - Chief Storekeeper's Office, Uganda Railway
Masonic - Lodge Menengai, Nakuru, consecrated 27 Jan 1912 by W. Bro. R.G. Bland, PM, PZ (SC) and he consecrated Orient Lodge, Nairobi 14 Feb 1914 and Faith and Charity Chapter consecrated 24 June 1907
Red Book 1912 - R.G. Bland - Nairobi
Red 25 has R.J. Bland, Nbi.
Hut has R.J. Bland 1922 Nakuru,
North - Jnr. Storekeeper, Nairobi 1904