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Name: BUTLER, Robert James

Birth Date: 21 June 1909 Hardenhuish, Wilts.

Death Date: 14 Nov 1980 Kampi ya Moto

First Date: 1928

Profession: Staff Surveyor, Survey Division, Lands & Settlement Dept., in 1939, appointed 1937. Originally a Cadet 1928. Asst. Director of Surveys in 1953

Area: Nairobi; Kilombe Farm [?Elcombe], Kampi ya Moto

Married: 1934 Sybil Edith Dorrell b. 24 Oct 1914 Bridgnorth, d. 30 Jan 1995 Mombasa (dau of Charles Francis Dorrell)

Children: Michael Deryck (1942-24 June 1979 Kenya); Judith Ann (1947); another son

Book Reference: Staff 39, Staff 53, Red 31, Colonial, Rugby

School: Wellington College FRICS

General Information:

Rugby - Nondescripts RFC - Honours Cap - 1933
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Robert James Butler, Surveyor, Survey dept., Nbi
Gazette 13 Sep 1985 probate

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