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Name: IZARD, Henry (Capt.)
Birth Date: 30 Jan 1892 Wisbech
Death Date: 31 Jan 1968 Chichester
First Date: 1915
Profession: Administration. Appointed Senior DC 1936. Originally Asst. DC 1915. Commissioner of Mines in 1939, appointed 1937
Area: Kericho, 1936-37 Kisumu, Kitale
Married: In East Grinstead 1919 Mary Maine Dickinson b. 13 Dec 1900, d. 26 Dec 1969 Slindon, E. Sussex
Children: Richard (1924); Robin Thomas (1930); Anna Mary (1935)
Book Reference: Golf, Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Colonial, Red 22, Rift Valley, Red 31, Thurston, Dominion, Gazette, Red 19
War Service: War service 1915-19, E. Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia
School: BA (Oxon), Hons. Jr. Barrister-at-Law (Inner Temple)
General Information:
KAD 1922 - Asst. District and Resident Commissioner, Kericho.
KAD 1922 - Hon. Sec. Kericho Sports Club
Colonial - Junior Asst. Sec. and Clk. of Couns. 1923; Senior DC July 1936; Officer-in-charge Turkana Feb 1937; Commissioner of Mines Dec 1937
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 25 May 1926 - H. Izard
Thurston - CO 533, 480/20 - 1937 - H. Izard: appointed senior district commissioner
Dominion - District Officer - 1930
Gazette 28/2/1920 - Appointed Asst. District Commissioner , Lumbwa from 5/2/1920
Red Book 1919 - H. Izard - Asst. District Commissioner
Largely responsible for starting Kericho Golf Club in the BEADOC days in the early 1920's
Official member of LegCo.
1939 England and Wales Register living in Chichester with wife