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Name: MACALPINE-LENY, Robert DSO (Lieut.-Col.)
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1870 Kirkmahoe, Scotland
Death Date: 11 Feb 1941 Nanyuki
First Date: 1922
Area: Mogera, Chania Bridge, Hut 1922 Punda Milia, Nanyuki
Married: In Steyning 1896 Nellie Violet Murray b. 1877 Rugby, d. 17 May 1935 Nairobi
Children: Robert Roy (2 Nov 1899 India-8 Jan 1949 Nairobi), Agnes Madeleine (Boyd) (1907)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Debrett, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, DSO, Eton, Burke, Barnes
War Service: 16th Lancers
School: Eton & RMC Sandhurst
General Information:
Debrett - Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col. 16th Lancers; retired 1920; S. Africa 1899-1902 (despatches, Queen's medal with 4 clasps, King's medal with 2 clasps), European War 1914-18 in Palestine (despatches, DSO, Brevet Lieut.-Col.)
Eton (1886) - Lieut. 16th Lancers at Umballa; son of M-L of Dalswinton, Dumfries; married daughter of General Murray Burkes - succeeded father as 3rd of Dalswinton 1905, sold property c 1919 and emigrated to Kenya
Nanyuki cemetery - Plot D8 - LENY Given Name: Robert Roy MacAlpine Birth: Death: 8 Jun 1949 , Place of Death: Nairobi [this is his son]
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, Makuyu Hunt Club.
Red 25 has R.L. McAlpine Leny, Chania Bridge
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List
Nanyuki cemetery - Violet MacAlpine Leny - died 17-5-1935, aged 57