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Name: BELFIELD, George Sinclair
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1860 Prestonpans, Scotland
Death Date: 12 Feb 1931 Nairobi
First Date: 1905
Last Date: 1931
Profession: Watchmaker and jeweller
Area: Nairobi,
Married: Jane Gray Crease b. 26 Sep 1859 Edinburgh, d. 5 Jan 1931 Blackhall, Midlothian
Children: Frank Sinclair Belfield (5 Nov 1892 Edinburgh-23 Mar 1975 Winchester); Margaret Bruce (1885 Edinburgh)
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Macmillan, Red 22, Barnes, Red 19
General Information:
Friend and partner of E. Dobbie of Nairobi, he took over the firm in 1926, having been trained in the watchmaking and jewellery trade by a distinguished firm in Edinburgh.
He was probably the most experienced exponent of his avocation in EA and was held in high esteem throughout the country. Red 25 - Vice-President, Nairobi Chess Club
Macmillan - 1930 - The business was established in 1906 by Mr M.E. Dobbie and carried on by him until his death in 1926 when it was taken over by Mr George S. Belfield, who has been in the colony since 1905. Mr Belfield was trained in the watchmaking and jewellery trade in the service of the distinguished, but now defunct, firm of Marshall & Co., Jewellers to Queen Victoria and King Edward, Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Red 22 - Vice-President and Hon. Treasurer, Nairobi Chess Club
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - George Sinclair Belfield, British, age 71, died 12/2/31
Red Book 1919 - G S Belfield - E. Dobbie - Nairobi
Red Book 1919 - Nairobi Chess Club - President - G.S. Belfield
KAD 1922 - Hon. Treasurer & Vice-President, Nairobi Chess Club