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Name: ENGLAND, Richard Dubordieu
Photo Source: E. Af. Annual 1932-3
Nee: father of Jack England
Birth Date: 1884 Burnage, Lancs., bapt. 14 Dec.
Death Date: 1974 Nairobi (?7 Aug 1973)
First Date: 1928
Profession: Merchant
Area: 1930 c/o Messrs. J.R. Cox & Co. Nairobi
Married: In Watford 1912 Henrietta Maud Froom b. 1871 Croydon, d. 3 Feb 1953 Nairobi
Children: Jack (28 Feb 1914 Bombay)
Book Reference: Golf, Red 31, Karen 50, Red 22, Web, Macmillan
General Information:
Men's Champion, Muthaiga GC 1930, 1932, 1934/35. Captain of Karen CC (Golf) 1938. Karen Men's Champion in 1938. Winner of Amateur Golf Championship of EA in 1933 and two weeks earlier also won the Kenya Lawn Tennis Championship.
Mr England had come to Kenya in 1928 from India, where he had a very fine record, particularly in the West of India Championships. Runner-up in Amateur Golf Championship of EA in 1936. Runner-up in the Rift Valley Championship in 1936. Winner of the Railway Open Mixed Foursomes in 1934 with Mrs Gibbs.
Karen 50 - Founder Member and Debenture Holder of Karen Club in 1937. Captain in 1938
Red 22 - R.P. England, Durant, Radford & Co., Box 270, Nairobi
Web - President of Nairobi Rotary Club - 1934-35
Macmillan 1930 - J.R. Cox and Co. - Eldoret - The General Manager is Mr R.D. England, nephew of Mr A. K. Bulley
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Richard D. England, Merchant, Box 670, Nbi and Henrietta Maud England, Married woman, Box 670, Nbi
Langata cemetery, Nairobi- in loving memory / of / R D England / 1884 - 1974
Member of the Committee to form the Kenya Golfing Society in 1933. President of the Golf Union of EA in 1942. Men's Champion - Nairobi Golf Club 1930/31/32. President of Muthaiga GC in 1937. Captain of Muthaiga GC in 1930.