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Name: LESLIE-MELVILLE, Eleanor Mary Barrell, Mrs
Nee: Abrahall
Birth Date: 1900 Sutton Coldfield, bapt. 22 Sep
Death Date: 1974 Karen
Area: 'Airdrie Farm', Wanjohi Valley
Married: 1. 1929 Hon David William Leslie-Melville (1892-1938) 2. In Kenya 24 Aug 1939 Capt. Arthur Walter Douglas Miller b. 1905 York, drowned on active service 18 Aug 1942
Children: John David 'Jock' (28 Feb 1933-1984); Gillian Mary (Riley) (1930); another
Book Reference: Mischief, Burke
General Information:
Mischief - a contemporary and neighbour of Alice de Janze [she believed Alice had killed Lord Erroll].
Nat Probate Calendar
Happy Valley Homes (Heritage Trust, Kenya (2020). According to some Mau Mau veterans, she assisted them with food, clothes and medicine during the Mau Mau rebellion, allowing them to take oaths on her property, even warning them of potential arrests.