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Name: MORDAUNT, Godfrey Weston
Nee: son of Evelyn May Mordaunt [Clowes]
Birth Date: 9 Mar 1903 Melbourne, Australia
Death Date: 24 June 1965 Nairobi
First Date: 1925
Profession: Planter
Area: 1925 Hemstead's Bridge, Elmenteita, 1930 Kaamasai Estate Songhor, Koru
Married: In Kisumu 26 Nov 1927 Joan Mary Frith b. 1900, d. 1984 Birmingham (later m. Geoffrey de Havilland in Kenya in 1951)
Children: Phillip (30 Aug 1932 Nairobi-18 Apr 1997); Ann (Darrell)
Book Reference: Karen 50, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Evelyn Whiteside
General Information:
Evelyn Whiteside - Godfrey Mordaunt married Joan (Frith) daughter of Edith and Philip Frith of London - marriage post 1925?
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List has Mordaunt, Godfrey, planter, Songhor and Joan Mary
Langata cemetery, Nairobi - Godfrey Mordaunt / 1903 - 1965 / dearly loved / Ann Phillip Joan
Gazette 27 July 1965 probate
Nat Probate Calendar probate to Mary Stewart Mordaunt
His mother was Evelyn May Clowes, nom de plume Elinor Mordaunt (1872-1942). After an unhappy marriage she changed her and her son's name by deed poll in 1915 to that of her nom de plume. See her entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Karen 50 Wife was Secretary of Karen CC 1941-47