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Name: CARSON, John Bairstow

Birth Date: 18 Nov 1913 Skipton, Yorks

Death Date: 1997 Teignbridge, Devon

First Date: 1912

Last Date: 1963

Profession: DC of Tambach and Eldoret as well as many other places in Kenya. He particularly loved his time at Tambach and built the Cherangani road. Appointed as a DO in 1936. At Kisii in 1939. Kitale in 1953

Area: Tambach, Eldoret, Kisii, Kitale

Married: In Nairobi 9 Aug 1941 Dorion Pearl Brassey Edwards b. 20 Dec 1918 West Derby, Lancs., d. 1998 Teignbridge

Children: Clare (13 May 1942); Sylvia (4 Nov 1947); Linda (27 Oct 1949)

Author: 'Sun, Sand and Safari'

Book Reference: Eldoret, Staff 39, Staff 53, Carson, Hut, Jambo 67, Colonial, O&C, Foster

School: Haileybury College and Magdalene College Cambridge 1931-34, BA Hons. (Cantab)

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