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Name: SUFFIELD, William Joseph MBE
Birth Date: 1895 Smethwick
Death Date: 11 Nov 1964 Nairobi
First Date: 1912
Last Date: 1964
Profession: Accountant and Chartered Secretary for Muthaiga Country Club. Worked there for about 30 years.
Area: Limuru, Muthaiga, Nairobi, 1930 Box 181, Nairobi
Married: 1. In Nairobi 1915 Winifred Mary Noon, b. 1894 Basford, Notts., d. Mombasa 16 July 1922; 2. In Nairobi 1922 Sophia Hudson b. 28 May 1902 Nairobi, d. 9 Dec 1992 Sydney, Australia (dau. of Joseph and Ann Louise Hudson)
Children: 1. William John Noon (8 Apr 1916 Nairobi-2008 Erina, New South Wales); Dennis Arthur (17 Mar 1919 Nairobi-2004) 2. Ann (1930)
Book Reference: EAWL, Golf, Red 25, Red 31, Barnes, Mills, Gazette
War Service: WW1 with Paymaster's Div. - MBE
School: Council School, Birmingham
General Information:
During the first part of their marriage [Bill & Sophia] they lived in a cottage in the grounds of the club. Later they also had a farm at Limuru, run in partnership with Col. Horace Case. This was a property purchased from a Mr & Mrs Gilpin in the 1930s. At the time of his marriage to Sophia, Bill was a widower with two small sons. The eldest, John, worked for Stanvac and Mobiloil before emigrating to Australia in 1965. Dennis, the younger brother, was at various times Mine Host at Brackenhurst Country Club, The Stag's Head at Nakuru and Kampala Club. He now lives in Johannesburg. Bill and Sophia also had a daughter Ann, whose early claim to fame was becoming Head Girl at Limuru School in the mid 1940s. Source: Mrs C. Hart
Red 22 - W.J. Suffield, Bombay Africa Trading Co., Mombasa ?
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - William Joseph Suffield, British, age 69, died 11/11/64
Mills - Muthaiga Country Club 1939 - Capt. Nigel Graham was due to retire and it was agreed that Mr W.J. Suffield should, as a war-time measure, take over as Secretary of the Muthaiga Country Club in addition to his other duties. He was in fact to be Club Secretary for the next 20 years.
Mills - 1940 - At this time Mr W.J. Suffield, who had been doing the work of Secretary of the Muthaiga Golf Club as well as the country club, was showing signs of fatigue. It was agreed that he should resign as Golf Club Secretary, and it was hoped that Club would appoint an honorary secretary.
Mills - In March [1949] the hard work of W.J. Suffield, the secretary from 1939 to date, was recognised by the committee, who awarded him a sum of £500 as a war bonus. This doed not now seem a large sum for 6 years of very hard work, but as the Committee at the same meeting decided to seek an assistant secretary at £25 per month plus his keep, it must be looked at in the light of the purchasing power of money in 1946.
Barnes - Mombasa Cemetery - Winifred Mary Suffield, died 16 Jul 1922 age 28, Mombasa, Hyperpyrexia following Malaria
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - William Joseph Suffield - Lieut. KAR, Pay Department - The Hill
Golf - Secretary of Muthaiga Country Club from 1933-42 and did very good work for the Golf Club.
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - William Joseph Suffield, Accountant, Muthaiga and Sophie Suffield, Married woman, Box 181, Muthaiga
Gazette 2 Mar 1965 probate
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