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Name: JESSE, William
Nee: elder son of William Jesse of Ingatestone Essex
Birth Date: 7 Sep 1870 Ingatestone, Essex
Death Date: 6 Dec 1945 Hammersmith
First Date: 1924
Profession: Headmaster, Kenton College
Area: Nakuru, 1925 Kijabe
Married: In Bedford 28 Aug 1894 Grace Grant Cameron, b. 30 Mar 1873 Banff, d. 20 May 1949 London
Children: William (4 July 1895 Lucknow, Bengal-18 Jan 1974 Torbay)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Alumni, Rift Valley
School: Crewkerne, Hereford Cathedral School and Selwyn College Cambridge
General Information:
Red 25 - Mrs Jesse, Proprietress, Lodge Hotel and Lodge Annexe Hotel, Nakuru
Alumni - Assistant Master at Bedford Modern School 1891-4; at La Martiniere College Lucknow 1894-1903. Principal Meerut College 1903-23. Fellow and Syndic, Allahabad University. Served in the Great War 1914-19 (Lieut. IARO attached Supply and Transport Corps). Head Master Kenton College, Kenya 1924-29. Author, papers on Indian ornithology and Indian education. Living in London in 1944
Rift Valley - 5 Dec 1927 - 'Suggested that a full list of Reference Books, eg. "Who's Who", Whitaker and similar volumes be kept up-to-date. Also Steamship Cos. Prospectuses, continental, English etc. Railway Guides, REAA Publications 7 Maps. Doubtless Members could suggest many more. These should be kept in the Reading Room.'
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 15 Sep 1923 - W. Jesse
Red 25 - Head Master, Kenton College, Kijabe which was established in 1924,
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Blandford, as headmaster
Kenton College was founded at Kijabe in January 1924, taking its roots from a school called Kenya Grange at Lumbwa.The original owner, Finlay Cramb, who was originally joint Headmaster with William Jesse, took over an empty building which had been a German sanatorium on a saddle of Kijabe Hill overlooking Mt. Longonot and Lake Naivasha. The school was very isolated. This isolation led to our existing school being built in 1934 on open land in Kileleshwa, five kilometres from Nairobi city centre. The school moved, lock, stock and barrel, to re-open its doors once more in January 1935 on the present site. Kenton College was the first building in the area.