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Name: KNAGGS, Charles Frederick (Col.)

Birth Date: 21.3.1879 Beitichburne, Louth, Ireland

Death Date: 1976

First Date: 1913 arrived on big-game safari after military career in S. Africa

Profession: Bought land at Londiani, exchanged for property at Mau Summit

Area: Grew wheat on extensive scale, Member of many committees. Red 31 Mau Summit, 1930 Rathcassen Mau Summit

Married: In Malaysia 30 July 1904 Gweneth Dixon b. 3 June 1884, d. 16 Jan 1912 Port Edward, Weihaiwei, China; 2. In Peking, China 11 Feb 1918 Winifred May Thring b. 9 May 1891 Kensington, d. 1978

Children: George Huntley (19 June 1929 Nakuru-18 Jan 2007 Kijabe); Evelyn Ann (Foster) (1925)

Book Reference: Gillett, Over my Shoulder, Red 31, Hut, Rift Valley

War Service: 2nd Boer War Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; 1915 Indian Army

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