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Name: BOYD, Mary Cecilia, Lady
Nee: Egerton, dau. of Arthur George Egerton, 5th Earl of Wilton, sister of Hon. George Arthur Egerton
Birth Date: 10 May 1900 London
Death Date: 5 Apr 1979 Nanyuki
First Date: 1928
Last Date: 1979
Profession: Ran the Nanyuki branch of the EAWL for 7 years from 1928. Organised a hospital for the troops in WW2 at Nanyuki
Area: Nanyuki
Married: In London 11 Jan 1923 Roderick Bulteel Boyd 'Roddy' b. 1899 Chelsea, d. 9 July 1968 Nanyuki
Children: Peggy (Barkas) (1927); Jane (Tatham-Warter) (1930); James Seymour Robin Walter (9.4.1934 Kenya-7.2.2018 Huntingdon)
Book Reference: Barnes, Debrett, Polnay, J. Carnegie, Hut, Burke
General Information:
Polnay - in the afternoon Chambers and his wife drove me to the house of a friend called Lady Mary Boyd, an impressive place with a lot of good furniture brought out from England, and there in a way I met my fate. Lady Mary and her husband bred Sealyhams, and as I admired those tough, delightful, furry-white animals ........ bought a puppy - 'Porky' - author's dearest companion in Kenya.
Letter from John Carnegie - 'A very nice, hard working woman who lived near Nanyuki and used to teach children to ride whenever she had time [not true - this was her sister-in-law Madeleine, married to Alistair Boyd, Roddy Boyd's brother.] I used to hear the grown-ups talking indignantly about someone whom I think must have been her husband and who had a drink problem. I gathered that everyone was very sorry for her. ........... I think she had a son called Robin who was a decent chap, very hard working.'
Nanyuki cemetery Mary Boyd / in adored memory / 10.5.1900 - 5.4.1979
Gazette 1 Feb 1980 probate