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Name: BLENCOWE, Charles Bernard (Commander RNR)
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1880 Northwich, Cheshire
Death Date: 29 Apr 1964 Kabete
First Date: 1906
Last Date: 1964
Profession: Appointed Chief Officer of the Lake Steamers
Area: Kisumu, 1930 Box 229, Nairobi, 'Walcot Farm' Kabete, Karen
Married: In Brackley, Northants.1918 Florence Mildred Martin b. 1889 Colchester, d. 2 May 1963 Mortlake, Surrey
Children: Evelyn Jullion (18 July 1919 Kenya); Elizabeth Walcot (11 Aug 1922 Kisumu-1992 Salisbury, Wilts.) (Collins); Mary Russell (1925)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Cuckoo, Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Playne, Pioneers, Drumkey, Red 22, Gazette, SKP, Barnes, Leader14, Colonial, Red Book 1912, Red 19
School: Rossall and HMS Conway
General Information:
For more than 20 years he served with the Lake Steamers Company, being stationed mostly at Kisumu.
Cuckoo - story re. smallpox and quarantine on island in Lake Victoria.
Playne - Mr Blencowe, the Chief Officer of the Lake Steamer, was born at Northwich, Cheshire, on Feb. 14, 1881, and educated at Rossall and the school ship Conway. He arrived in EA on November 14, 1906, and his appointment dates from March 1, 1907. Mr Blencowe had four years' sailing and two years' naval training.
Playne - Photo - p. 216
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Lake Steamers - Chief Officer - 1906
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kisumu - Uganda Marine
Prominent in early golf at Nyanza Club.
Gazette - 23/9/1914 - Appt. - To be Lieutenant, Indian Railway Volunteers, C.B. Blencoe, RNR
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Dec 1906
St. Mary's Church Kabete cemetery, 1880 - 1964 AND Florence Mildred Blencowe, 1890 - 1963
Colonial 1912 - Lake Steamers - Chief Officer
Red Book 1912 - C.B. Blencowe - Kisumu
Gazette - 20/7/1921 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Charles Bernard Blencowe - Government Official - Kisumu and Mrs Florence Mildred Blencowe - Married woman - Kisumu
Red Book 1919 - Lieut. C B Blencowe, RNR - Kisumu
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Lake Steamer Commander
KAD 1922 - Commander, Lake Steamers
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters List, Kabete
Gazette 1 Dec 1964 probate
Nat Probate Calendar