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Name: STOBART, Ralph Lambton MC (Capt.)
Nee: 2nd son of Frank Stobart of Selaby Hall, Gainford, Darlington
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1892 Burnmoor, Durham
Death Date: 22 Mar 1942 Nairobi
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 1942
Profession: Farmer
Area: Kahawa Estate Ruiru
Married: In London 23 July 1919 Olive Norah Lawrence (div. 1923) b. 16 July 1892 Hampstead, d. 29 July 1962 Wallasey (later m. George Emanuel Haldinstein b. 1893)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, Barnes, Eton, Rift Valley
School: Eton 1905-10; Magdalen College, Oxford
General Information:
Land - C.O.N. Chaplin leased 5212 acres at Menengai, passed to R.L. Stobart
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Ralph L. Stobart, British, age 50, died 22/3/42
Eton (1909) - Farming; served as Capt. Northumberland Hussars Yeo., att. Northumberland Fusiliers and Staff in France in WW1 (Mons Star, MC)
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 16 Sep 1924 - R.L. Stobart
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, Ruiru Farmers' Association