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Name: CARDROSS, Ronald Douglas Stuart Mar Erskine 'Ronnie', Lord
Nee: born Ronald Douglas Stewart Mar Erskine, later 15th Earl of Buchan
Birth Date: 6.4.1878 London
Death Date: 18.12.1960 Surrey
First Date: 1904
Profession: Went out as a soldier and stayed to farm
Area: Ngong
Married: Unmarried
Book Reference: SE, Best, Debrett, Cranworth, Mischief, Hut, Playne, Drumkey, Land, Advertiser, Globe, Nicholls, Burke, North
War Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Scots Guards, Boer war, WW1 in Egypt Salonika and Palestine
School: Harrow
General Information:
SE - Lord Cardross - Ngong - July 1907
Debrett - formerly Lieut. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Mil.), Scots Guards, and E. Riding of Yorkshire Yeo.; SA 1900-1902 (Queen's Medal with 3 clasps, King's Medal with 2 clasps), European War 1915-17 in Egypt, Salonika and Palestine, as Lieut. RASC and Brig. Transport Officer, London Mounted Brig., and with Camel Transport Corps; sometime a Landowner in BEA
Playne - The V.C. Dairy Farm - Mr J.B. Van de Weyer and Lord Cardross until lately carried on in partnership the VC Dairy Farm situated at Ngongo, some 12 miles from Nairobi. The farm, established in 1906, and bought from Mr J.T. Oulton, is about 670 acres, with a good water supply from the Mbagathi River, which borders the property for 2000 yards. There is plenty of timber and large, open plains, the latter having recently been drained. ........ The dairy (in charge of a European dairymaid) is built of stone and contains all the latest utensils. ....... Cheese is a speciality and about 200 lbs. per month are turned out, whilst about 22 lbs. of butter are made per week. ......... The Red Poll bull ..... is named "Blush V", and was bred by Lord Cranworth, of Suffolk, England. ......... Lord Cardross came to BEA in 1904 and Mr Van der Weyer in 1905. Each owns 10000 acres of land in the Kenia District.
Drumkey 1909 - Vice-President, The Colonists' Association of BEA
Drumkey 1909 - Steward, East Africa Turf Club
Land - Lord Cardross leased 10046 acres at West Kenya, passed to C.A. Tritton and L.J. Tarlton
Advertiser - Friday April 30, 1909 - Court Case - J.T. Oulton vs J.B. Van de Weyer - Case to settle the boundaries of a piece of land sold by Mr Oulton to Lord Cardross and Mr Van de Weyer
Land - 1910 - Lord Cardross - Grazing and agricultural, 10046 acres - Moyo and Rongai Rivers, Nyeri - 21/3/08 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/9/08 - Registered 23/9/10
Advertiser - 12/6/1908 - Appointments - To be unofficial members of the Road Board in their respective Provinces - Ukamba - Lord Cardross, A.H. Thompson
Advertiser - 19/3/1909 - Notice - Partnership between Lord Cardross and J.B. Van de Weyer - the V.C. Dairy Ngong dissolved. J.B. Ven de Weyer now sole owner.
The Globe Trotter 6/3/07 - Lord Cardross went home on the same boat as Lord Keviston on a hurried business trip, so that we shall soon we hope have his genial presence amongst us again.
Nicholls - a dreamer with long hair who set up a farm on the road to Ngong with John Van de Weyer and spent the winters in the EAP.
Cranworth - early settler.
Playne - mention as owner of a chestnut horse being trained by Mr Elkington at Masara.
Playne - Group photograph of the Colonists' Association of British East Africa (not present)