Red 22 - H.T. Harvey

Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - H.T. Harvey - Farmer - Eburru and Una Alice Harvey [his sister] - Married - Eburru

Hut has H. Harvey 1931 Gilgil.

Hut has Herbert T. Harvey 1922 Naivasha married to Dorothy

Gazette - 18/6/1929 - Probate and Administration - Catherine Elizabeth Harvey [his mother] late of Eburru who died at Eburru on 25 March 1928. Applied for by Herbert Tobias Harvey of Eburru

Howarth - 'had two nasty experiences with leopard. A heifer was killed by a leopard one night, and the next day he was told to build a bush screen round the carcass and set a gun-trap. He forgot until it was getting dark, and by the time he had finished night had fallen. He had barely left the trap when the gun went off. Thinking he had set the trigger too finely, he returned to re-set it, and to his horror, found a dead leopard in the trap. It must have been watching him set the trap while awaiting its evening meal.

Another time, he and some Africans were harvesting a field of wheat on what was known as the 'plateau' - the only large piece of flat land on that mountainous terrain suitable for arable farming. A leopard jumped out of the wheat and chased one of the Africans. Herb, to distract its attention, made a noise, whereupon it turned and chased him instead. It bit him on his bottom before being chased off by the other Africans. .…..

Uncle Herb left school a year or two before the war and was employed looking after the lakeside farm. An American millionaire named Paul Rainey lived in the area; his hobby was photography - a somewhat rudimentary pastime in those days. He also liked hunting and owned a pack of blood-hounds. ........ (story of Fritz Schindelar's death) ....

The white hunter, J.A. Hunter, quoted Uncle Herb's description of the incident in his book "African Bush Adventures". At the outbreak of war Uncle Herb joined the EAMR - known, unofficially, as "Monica's Own" after the Governor's daughter. ......... Paul Rainey lent his pack of hounds and Uncle Herb was posted to Voi to take charge of them. The intention was that he and the hounds would be sent post-haste, by rail, to wherever a raid occurred, the hounds would be released to track down the raiders and they would be dealt with by the British Forces. Due to the distances involved, they never did catch up with the Germans, but they sure as hell scared some innocent tribesmen and Uncle Herb had to rescue several from some very thorny trees. ...........

The family believed that, as a result of living alone (they had no children) in that remote place, Uncle Herb and Aunty Dot became somewhat insular. They seemed to develop slights, which were totally unfounded, mainly because they were not often visited because they lived so far away. So we all, at one time or another, became a "snake in the grass", ie. the lowest of the low; but it only required the slightest good deed for any of us to rebound to become the epitome of excellence - "a topping fellow"! There was no half-way mark and little was needed to alter one's status from the two extremes! Nevertheless, they were very kind to us and, as a family, we have a great deal to thank them for. Our connections with lovely wild Eburru came to an end when, in about 1948, Uncle Herb sold the farm. .......... After selling Olobonge in 1946, Uncle Herb and Aunty Dot bought a very good farm at Turi. They sold out in the early 60's and retired to England for a few years, then emigrated to SA ..... They both died there.

EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Jerseys - Mr & Mrs H. Harvey, Turi

Red Book 1912 - H. Harvey - Nairobi

EAMR has H. Harvey C Sqdn. 9/9/14 - To EASC