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Name: DENT, Edward John 'Jack'
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1886 Christchurch, Hants.
Death Date: 12 Nov 1970 Ringwood, Hampshire
First Date: 1915
Profession: DC, then planter; ADC at Kisii in 1914
Area: Kiu Estate, Kiambu, 1914 Mombasa
Married: In Kenya 1916 Gladys Marion Macdonald Triplett b. 21 July 1885, d. 7 Sep 1969 Ringwood
Children: Edward John Macdonald (6 June 1918 Eldoret-29 Mar 2004 Winchester)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Leader14, Red 19
War Service: East African units
General Information:
Rhodes House archive, Oxford, RH s.1277 - ADC at Kisii in 1914.
Gazette - 13/10/15 - Edward John Dent, appt. Asst. DC Masai
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - Carrier Corps - To be Lieutenant - E.J. Dent
Gazette - 28/11/1923 - Dissolution of Partnership - The partnership between William Gilman Sewall and Edward John Dent as coffee growers at Kiu Estate, Kiambu - dissolved from 14 July 1923 - Edward John Dent took over and continued the business.
Gazette - 16/1/1918 - Appointed Assistant District Commissioner, Kacheliba from 20/10/1917
Gazette - 23/1/1918 - Firearm registered at Nairobi in October 1917 - 45 Colt Automatic
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Edward John Dent, Coffee Planter, Kiu Farm, Kiambu
Red 25 - Steward, Jockey Club of Kenya and Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Kiambu Polo Club
Gazette 10 Oct 1975 probate
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife and son in Ringwood