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Name: MACDONALD, James Alexander DSO, MC (Major)
Nee: son of Rev. James Alexander Donald John Macdonald
Birth Date: 24 Feb 1891 Nottingham
Death Date: 13 Oct 1964 Surrey
First Date: 1922
Profession: Major RA Special Reserve
Area: 'Prairie Estate', Nakuru
Married: 24 Deb 1922 Cecily Somerville Cochrane b. 1897, d. 9 Mar 1933 Hoddom, Dumfries and Galloway (prev. m. Ernest George Williams). She was related to the Earl of Dundonald.
Children: Cecily (1912) [was she dau. of wife's first marriage?]
Book Reference: Debrett, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Land, Red 22, DSO, SS, KAD
War Service: European War 1914-18 (despatches, DSO, MC)
General Information:
Land - J.A. MacDonald leased 5462 acres at Nakuru, later sub-divided
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Major J.A. Macdonald, DSO, MC, 'Duntulm' West Avenue, Hendon, NW1 - Farm 1050
Red 25 - Member, Kenya Land Settlement Advisory Board
Hut has Major J.A. MacDonald 1922 Elmenteita