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Name: VAIR, Robert (Capt.)
Birth Date: 12 May 1862 Currie, Edinburgh
Death Date: 16 Feb 1933 Thika
First Date: 1925
Last Date: 1933
Profession: Planter
Area: Nairobi, 1925 'Strathallan', Chania Bridge
Married: In Gibraltar 2 June 1890 Caroline Lamb b. 1863, d. 14.10.1937 Nairobi
Children: John Herbert (1892 Leeds-1892); Lucy Elizabeth (Gilbert) (11 Jan 1895 Cape Town-14 Apr 1973 Petersfield); Ernest James 'Bobby' (8 Aug 1896 Puddletown, Dorset); Ethel Caroline (Moore) (24 Apr 1898 Arbroath-10 Jan 1982 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Barnes, SS
War Service: 1899-1902 S. Africa 1st Battn. Black Watch
General Information:
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Robert Vair, British, age 70, died 16/2/33
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Capt. R. Vair, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, SW3 - Farm 959
Gazette 22 Aug 1933 probate
Gazette 20 Sep 1938 probate of wife