North - Trader - Carpenter; associate of Dr. A.E. Atkinson c. 1900; arr. Kikuyuland from Naivasha 1901; arrested for pretending to be missionary in Kikuyuland July 1902; Nairobi at July 1902 accused of illegally hunting elephants; Listed as prospector, resident at Nakuru (EAM) 14/3/1903; dep. Kampala with F.R. Vincent & large caravan going down the River Nile 11/4/1903; ill at Wadelai July 1903; Land Grant application, Njoro 5/4/1905

Boyes - Friend of John Boyes - trader and hunter. Posted bail of 10,000 rupees for John Boyes when he was in prison in Mombasa

Kenya Diary - 1902 - Fort Hall - a carpenter by trade ...... he tells the converted [by 2 immoral 'White Fathers'] that they cannot be true Christians until they have slept with a Christian. He sleeps with one or two of these ladies every week.

Kenya Diary cont. .. arrested by Meinertzhagen and he recommended that Smith be deported .......... I have put in an official report to Tate about the missionaries at Tusu, and they are going to be removed, having completely shocked Tate's sense of decency. ....... Smith is quite open about his immorality and can see no harm in it.

Gazette 28 July 1920 probate  and Gazette 9 June 1920 - Claude Edgar Smith of Pietermaritzburg d 13 Nov 1913 - probate