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Name: COLE, David Lowry MBE 6th Earl of Enniskillen

Nee: eldest son of The Hon Galbraith Lowry Egerton and Lady Eleanor Cole

Birth Date: 10 Sep 1918 Nairobi (Dr. Milne's house)

Death Date: 30 May 1989 Kinloch, Perthshire

First Date: 1918

Profession: Farmer; 1961 elected to the North Kenya Constituency. Provincial Commdt, Kenya Police Reserve (MBE)

Area: Elmenteita, Solio ranch Naro Moru, Laikipia

Married: 1. 31 July 1940 Sonia Mary Syers (div. 1955) b. 1918 London, d. 9 May 1982 London; 2. In Westminster, London 7 May 1955 Nancy Henderson MacLennan b. 14 Oct 1917 Bridgeport, Connecticut, d. 24 Feb 1998 Dunkeld. Perthshire

Children: Andrew John Galbraith (1942); Linda Mary (Muir) (1944)

Book Reference: Random, Over my Shoulder, Debrett, Who's Who, Kenton

War Service: Capt. Irish Guards in WW2

School: Kenton College - left 1926. Eton (1932-37), Trinity Coll. Cambridge

General Information:

Debrett - BA (Agric) 1940; WW2 - Capt. Irish Guards, Kenya Emergency 1953-55, Provincial Comdt. Kenya Police Reserve (MBE), MLC for North Kenya 1961-63. Formerly Member Kenya Meat Commn., Member Exec. Kenya National Farmers Union; Vice-Chairman Kenya Stockowners Council; Member Exec. Kenya Board of Agriculture; Member Board, Land & Agric. Bank of Kenya; EA Diatomite Syndicate Ltd., Captain Ulster Defence Regt. 1971-73; Member Fermanagh C.C. 1963-69; DL 1963, JP 1972

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