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Name: MASON, Richard Desborough Malcolm
Short Name: son of Malcolm Forty Mason
Birth Date: 15.5.1914 Copdock, Samford, Suffolk
Death Date: 14.10.1989 Kilifi
First Date: 1937
Profession: Farmer, Buret Tea Co.
Area: Mau, Narok
Married: 1. In Kenya 30 Aug 1940 Ruth Violet Sladen b.13 July 1919 Stratford, Shropshire, d. 2 Jan 1978 (later m. Oliver Kintzing Wallop, Viscount Lymington 1923-1984); 2. In Kenya 1952 Daphne Marion Jex-Blake b. 13 Sep 1923 Nairobi, d. 7 Dec 1971 Nairobi (dau. of Arthur John Jex-Blake); 3. Judy Weller née Morrall
Children: 1. dau.
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Hut, Who's Who 63
War Service: KAR 1939-45
School: Cheltenham College
General Information:
Who's Who 63 - Farming in Kenya since 1934; Nakuru County Council 1953-59; Chairman Road Authority 1962; President RASK 1963
Hut - Dickie Mason 1952 Swynford Ltd Mau Narok
Hut has Richard D.M. 'Dickie' Mason Manager Soysambu, Elmenteita married 1. Ruth Sladen 2. Daphne Jex-Blake 3. Mrs Judy Weller née Morall, also Ngoina Kericho & Sotik
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 253).
Langata cemetery, Nairobi Daphne Marian / Mason / died 7.12.1971 / aged 49