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Name: JACK, Frederick Chater DSO, MC (Major)

Birth Date: 17 Apr 1895

Death Date: 8 Jan 1961 Ewshot, Hants.

First Date: 1922

Profession: Horticulturist

Area: Kapsabet, 1925 Machakos, 1930 Box 49, Kama Koia Kitale

Married: At Parklands, Nairobi 1 Mar 1924 Emily May Sutton b. 18 Aug 1900, d. 20 Apr 1986 Reading (dau of Leonard Sutton, Sutton's seeds)

Children: Monica May (25 Nov 1924 Nairobi-1971); Valerie Ann (4 Jan 1926 Machakos-2007); Penelope Noel (4 Jan 1926 Machakos-2013); another

Book Reference: Debrett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Thurston, Red 22, Trans Nzoia Scrap Book, DSO, Gazette, Macmillan

War Service: WW1 as Major R.F.A. (TF) (despatches, MC, DSO), Palestine 1919

General Information:

Gazette 28 Nov 1961 - probate
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
Thurston - Royal Botanic Gardens, Registry Files - /1/KEN/18 - 1932-39 - Major and Mrs Chater Jack (proprietors of Mt. Elgon Nurseries): specimens and water colour drawings
Trans Nzoia Scrap Book - Horticultural Society - The Trans Nzoia Branch of the Royal Kenya Horticultural Society was founded in 1924, and the first show was staged in Kitale that same year. The moving spirits of this enterprise were Mrs Will Hoey and Mrs Chater Jack. May Jack, a daughter of Leonard Sutton, came as it were from good gardening stock, and she and her husband very quickly became experts in discovering what could be grown in the district.
DSO - London Gazette 16/9/18 - For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After withdrawing his battery across a canal under close-range fire, this officer brought his last gun into action in full view of the enemy, who had rushed the bridge, and occupied a house, by his accurate fire compelling them to evacuate it, and recross the bridge, where they were kept in check for an hour.
Gazette 9/6/1920 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. District Commissioner - 28/5/1920
Macmillan 1930 - The Kitale Stores Ltd. - General Merchants - The business was established in 1919 under the title of Hoey's Bridge Stores. In 1919 it was amalgamated  with the Kitale Supply and Auctioneering Co. Ltd. And its present title was then assumed. It was started in small premises in Bahati Township. ……… The managing director is Major F.C. Jack, DSO, MC and the manager is Mr P.A. Wilkinson.
Debrett - Formerly in Provincial Administration Dept., Kenya Colony.
KAD 1922 - Administration Cadet, Kapsabet
Gazette 31 Oct 1961 probate
Hilary Munro is the granddaughter
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Reading

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