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Name: SCOTT, James (Lieut.-Col.)
First Date: 1922
Profession: One of the original soldier settlers at Timau (Farm 882) - sold his farm in 1935 to Jack Lucey.
Area: Timau, Hut - 1920 Farm 882B Nanyuki
Book Reference: Foster, KAD, Hut, EAMR, Thurston, CO, SS
War Service: EAMR has John Scott - B Sqdn. 8/6/15
General Information:
Foster - A neighbour of Arnold Paice - when he was mauled by a lion, Brig.-Gen. Wheatley took him to Nairobi for better medical treatment than was available in the Nanyuki area
Thurston - Official Records - CO533 - 377/12 - 1928 - Representations by Lieut.-Col. J. Scott concerning his Kenya land holdings
Thurston - Official Records - CO533 - 384/5 - 1929 - Representations by Lieut. J. Scott concerning his Kenyan land holdings Thurston - Official Records - CO533 - 399/5 - 1930-31 - Col. J. Scott: farm reverted to Crown
CO 533/377/12 - James Scott - Land in Kenya - acquired a farm in land settlement scheme of 1919. He had various grievances with regard to the farm itself - told he needed £1000 - had to spend much more so the Government deliberately misled him. James Scott, Lieut.-Col. RAM&T wrote long letters to the Colonial Secretary from Edinburgh. A Doctor? - possessed MB, MD, BSc (Public Health) DPH, Cert. in tropical medicine ………… Mad?
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Lieut. J. Scott, MC, c/o Mr Andrew Dykes, Dowlaw, Coldingham, Berwickshire - Farm 530 ???
KAD 1922 has Col. Scott, Nanyuki