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Name: VERSTURME-BUNBURY, Richard Wagner
Nee: bro of Harry Palairet Versturme-Bunbury
Birth Date: 11 July 1870 Manorbier, South Wales
Death Date: 10 Mar 1947 Naivasha
First Date: 1904
Profession: Farmer. The first non-official to be appointed 'Justice of the Peace' in the EAP, he farmed first at Donyo Sabuk and later near Lake Naivasha where sailing and boat building became his great hobby
Area: Donyo Sabuk and later near Lake Naivasha. Keen Freemason, 1922 - Chania Bridge, 1925 Kiboko Flats Chania Bridge, Nairobi, Athi
Married: 1927 Eva Constance Kemp b. 28 Aug 1878 Lausanne, Switzerland, d. 31 Aug 1956 Nakuru (eldest dau. of Sir Kenneth Kemp)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Cuckoo, Joelson, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Drumkey, Red 22, Harmony, Globe, Land, AJ, Gazette, Web, Red 12, SKP, Red 19
School: Clifton College
General Information:
HBEA 1912 shows as address Kilimacha-Mboso, Nairobi.
Cuckoo - mentions him as farming in partnership with Harry Penton near El Donyo Sabuk
Joelson - 1928 - Donyo Sabuk - a settler of 20 years standing, who first planted sugar cane - an industry killed in 1924 by the Sugar Ordinance. ..... It was in 1911 that Messrs Fenton & Bunbury first planted sisal. ......Soon after the war Mr Bunbury began the cultivation of sugar cane.
Red 25 - R.R.W. Bunbury, JP, Ulu
Red 22 - Justice of the Peace - Donyo Sabuk - R.V. Bunbury
Red 22 - Honorary Permit Issuer - R.W.V. Bunbury, Miwa Ltd., Chania Bridge
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 3/8/08, died 1947
The Globe Trotter - 6/3/07 - Notice to Shooting Parties regarding shooting at Donyo Sabuk - written permission required from landowners, W.R. Wyndham, H.A. Penton, H.R. Laws and R.W. Vesturme Bunbury
Land - 1908 - R.W.V. Bunbury - Building, 5 acres, Athi River, 18-12-06, Registered 24-9-08
Land - 1908 - R.W.V. Bunbury - Agricultural, 320 acres, Athi River, 5-8-07, Homestead, Registered 22-5-08
Land - 1906 - R.W.V. Bunbury - Grazing, 4500 acres, Doniyo Sabuk, 24-2-05, Registered 3-9-06
Agricultural Journal - Brands Allotted and Registered, September 1908 - H. Penton and Bunbury, Donya Sabuk - Machakos BHP
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived 1904
A keen Freemason. JP - 1911
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Machakos - R.W.V. Bunbury, Kiboko Flats, Donyo Sabuk
Web - In 1927 he married Eva, daughter of Sir Kenneth Kemp and 10 years later they settled on the shores of Lake Naivasha, where he did much sailing and boating. An active member of the Naivasha Yacht Club, he gave much time during the war to entertaining convalescent service men who spent happy days on the lake and its shores with him. A keen freemason he achieved high rank in his craft. "His charm, gentleness, wisdom and knowledge won him many friends in many communities, and the world is a sweeter place for his having passed through it."
Gazette 15/12/1912 - Dissolution of partnership between Penton and Bunbury of Donyo Sabuk - 10/12/1912
SE - V. Bunbury - July 1909 ?
Red Book 1912 - R.W.V. Bunbury - Nairobi
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - Richard Wagner Versturme Bunbury - Farmer, Donyo Sabuk
Red Book 1919 - R W Verstume Bunbury - Settler - Chania Bridge AND Lieut.-Col. V. Bunbury - Donyo Sabuk, Athi River ??
Red Book 1919 - District Committees - Ulu - R.W.V. Bunbury
Red Book 1919 - Ulu Settlers' Association, Machakos - Chairman - R.W.V. Bunbury
Gazette - 31/10/1923 - Application for Wine Merchants & Grocers Liquor Licence - R W V Bunbury - Kiboko Flats, Chania Bridge
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List
Naivasha cemetery :Richard W Versturme Bunbury / beloved husband / of / Eva Constance Kemp / 11.7.1870 - 10.3.1947 "he who would valiant be against all disaster / let him in constancy follow the master"
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