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Name: UPSON, Harold Kenneth 'Face'

Birth Date: 16 Jan 1902 Brockley St Peter, London, bapt. 10 Apr

Death Date: 31 Jan 1963 Kipkabus

First Date: 1927

Profession: Farmer

Area: Kipkabus

Married: 1. In Chelsea 1929 Kathleen 'Kay' McLeod Robson b. 1906 Dumbarton, d. 15 May 1953 Eldoret; 2. ?; 3. Penelope Marguerite Rattray b. 14 Oct 1916 Simla, India, d. 30 May 2012 Hinton St George, Somerset (dau. of Haldane Burney Rattray; she prev. m. David Twysden Wickham 1916-1944 and later m. William John Stewart Oates 1895-1952 and Donald V. Kidman 1916-2008)

Children: 1. Peter John (d. 15 Nov 2004 Eire); Valerie Eileen 'Tinkie' (Maconochie-Wellwood) (9 Nov 1939-20 Aug 1912)

Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Red 31, Hut, O&C, Stud, Charters, Burke, SS

School: St. Catherine's College Cambridge 1920-24

General Information:

EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Guernseys - H.K. Upson, Kipkabus
Charters - Harold Upson, a Kenya settler and an old school friend …….
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - D.M. Upson, Vale Mascal, Hollington Park, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex - Farm 177  ?
Hut has Upson 1920 Lockerly Water Est. Soy partner with Aylward
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 766). No birthdate in KR records.
Gazette 19 Feb 1963 probate
Gazette 29 Dec 1953 he wants probate for Kathleen McLeod Upson of Kipkabus who d. Kipkabus 15 May 1953
Gazette 19 Feb 1963 probate

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