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Name: BARNES, Robert Ogle 'Tim' OBE
Nee: son of Robert Samuel Weymss Barnes, bro of John Frederick Fortescue Barnes
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1895 Donegal
Death Date: 10 May 1977 Cambridge
First Date: 1930
Profession: Farmer at Hoey's Bridge. He pioneered the use of broad-based terracing for soil conservation as early as 1932. Senior Soil Conservation Engineer, Agric. Dept. in 1953. Originally Soil Engineer 1937
Area: Westlands, Hoey's Bridge, Nakuru
Married: In Nakuru 7 Oct 1943 Stella Elizabeth Ball b. 4 June 1907 London, d. 1 Jan 2011 Cambridge
Children: Robert Ogle Ball (1944)
Book Reference: KFA, Staff 53, Bovill, Red 31, Hut, Colonial
School: Repton School; A.M. (SA), ICE
General Information:
Bovill - Soil Conservation - R.O. Barnes of Hoey's Bridge, later Soil Conservation Engineer. Civil engineer - 1932 experimented with ridging on his farm shared with his brother. Also pyrethrum grower.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll