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Name: GUTHRIE, James Alexander

Nee: Sixth Baron of Craigie

Birth Date: 15 Mar 1893 London

Death Date: 5 Mar 1952 Poole

First Date: 1919

Profession: Farmer

Area: Therika Estate, Ruiru

Married: 1. In Mombasa Nov 1920 (div. 1929) Stella Gwendolyn 'Joan' Dracott b. 18 Aug 1898 Bengal, India, d. 8 Nov 1977 (she later m. Hugh Bertram Hardy 1907-1988); 2. On 10 July 1932 Elaine Brigstocke b. 14 Jan 1911 Eastbourne, d. 1966 Worcester (she later m. in 1936 Richard Crompton Lees-Milne 1910-1985); 3. In Monmouth 1936 Kathleen Elizabeth Joyce Smith b. 10.7.1908 Monmouth, d. 2004 Cheltenham

Children: 2. David Charles (6 Dec 1930 Totnes-10 Nov 2003 Cheltenham); Jennifer Mary (1933 Shipston, Warwickshire-24 Nov 2013 north Yorkshire)) 3. James Murray (17 Jan 1937); Andrew Howard (1945)

Book Reference: KAD, Hut, Red 22, Medals, Gazette

War Service: Captain, 5th Hussars

School: Eton, RMC Sandhiurst

General Information:

Red 22 - Capt. J.A. Guthrie, Mile 22, Thika Railway
Medals - East Africa Road Corps - George F. Guthrie, No. 132, Private ?
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - James Alexander Guthrie - Settler, Therika Estate - Ruiru
Hut has J.A. James Guthrie 1922 Therika Estate Ruiru and Capt. J.A. Guthrie 1922 Mile 22 Thika Railway
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife and son in Manor House, Tredington, Shipston on Stour

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