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Name: PRIESTLAND, Edward Andreas MC and Bar
Nee: eldest son of the Rev Edward Priestland of Spondon, Derbyshire
Birth Date: 13 June 1881 Spondon, Derbyshire
Death Date: 22 Mar 1926 Limuru
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 1926
Profession: After WW1 he became Cooper (Sheep Dip) representative in East Africa
Area: 1925 Box 523, Nairobi, 1919 Machakos
Married: In Nairobi 8 June 1922 Kathleen Duncan 'Kitty' Knight b. 25 June 1902 Clapton, London, d. 1996 Berkhamsted (youngest daughter of William Edward Duncan Knight. She later m. Philip Cooper. See her entry under Cooper)
Children: Barbara Elizabeth (Evans) (11 Sep 1923 Kiambu-9 Nov 2014 Malvern); another dau.
Book Reference: Gillett, Red 25, Hut, EAMR, Bur, Alumni, Gazette
War Service: With EAMR in WW1 - B Sqdn. 26/1/15 - L/Cpl. 4/1/16; To KAR
School: Haileybury and Selwyn College Cambridge
General Information:
Cambridge Univ Alumni at SELWYN H., Oct. 1, 1900. [Eldest s. of the Rev. Edward (above), of Spondon, Derbs. B. June 13, 1881. School, Haileybury.] Matric. Michs. 1900; exhibitioner; B.A. 1903. Succeeded his father as Head Master of Spondon House School. Previously Assistant Master at Connaught House Prep. School, Weymouth. Subsequently in East Africa. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., King's African Rifles; M.C. and bar; mentioned twice in despatches). Married Kathleen Duncan, yst. dau. of W. E. D. Knight, of Kenya. Died Mar. 22, 1926, at Nairobi. (Haileybury Reg.; Camb. Year-Book; The Times, Mar. 27, 1926.)
FindaGrave buried at St Cuthbert's Church, Limuru - Treasured memory / of / Edward / Andreas Priestland / died 22nd March 1926 / age 45