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Name: BLOCK, Edward Ruben 'Tubby' MC
Nee: son of Abraham Lazarus Block
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1918 Nairobi
Death Date: 27 Nov 1996 Nairobi
First Date: 1918
Last Date: 1996
Profession: Hotelier/Businessman/Farmer
Area: Muthaiga, Nairobi, Longonot Farm on the south shore of Lake Naivasha
Married: 1. 1953 Valerie Beiles b. 1930, d. 9 Sep 1955 Nairobi (in childbirth, 2nd pregnancy) (dau of Harry Louis Beiles); 2. 1958 Aino (Swedish) (div. 1986)
Children: 1. Jeremy (1954); 2. Simon (died in infancy); Anthony (1962)
Book Reference: Jane Clare Barsby, 'Abraham's People', Sitrep 2, EAWL, Gallmann, Who's Who, Jambo 66, Hut, min-SITREP XI, Who's Who 63, Barnes
War Service: Kenya Regt. then EA Artillery - Major, MC, service in Somaliland, Abyssinia, Ceylon and Burma
School: Nairobi, then Loughborough College, UK 1930-36
General Information:
Gallmann - 'Tubby adored taking you round his impeccable vegetable garden and the luxuriant orchard, going from plant to plant to taste a fruit, with a naive delight and a rural pride unexpected and refreshing in a man of the world. He had the gift of being happy with simple things. ...... Aino was an elegant and sophisticated hostess.'
Who's Who - Man Dir. Block Hotels Ltd., Dir. Bunsons Travel Services Ltd., Brackenhurst Hotel (1944) Ltd., Allsopps Sales Ltd.,
Who's Who 63 - Joint Managing Director Block Estates Ltd., Block Hotels Ltd., Steward of Jockey Club of Kenya; Governor of Prince of Wales School; Councillor Nairobi City Council until 1963
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Valerie Block, British, age 24, died 9/9/55 and E.R. (Tubby) Block 7 Dec 1918-27 Nov 1996
Who's Who 1954 - Mng. Dir. Block Hotels Ltd., Dir. Bunsen Travel Services Ltd., Brackenhurst Hotel (1944) Ltd., and Allsopps Sales Ltd.
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 15).
Gazette 8 Nov 1955 1st wife's probate
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