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Name: WORSLEY, Francis Le Geyt (Commander RN)
Nee: bro of Ralph Edward Worsley
Birth Date: 27 Oct 1886 Hillingdon, London
Death Date: 15 June 1964 Saltash, Cornwall
First Date: 1913
Profession: Coffee planter
Area: Chania Bridge, 1930 Kabuku Coffee Estate, Thika
Married: In Rondebosch 8 June 1914 Irene Beatrice Guillemard b. 30 July 1891 Southsea, d. 30 Dec 1943 Stafford (div., later married in Croydon in 1930 John Herbert Fergusson)
Children: Rosalind Francis (Penny) (27 Mar 1915 Nairobi-14 Mar 1992 Exeter); John Godrey Bernard (16 Feb 1919 Liverpool-3 Oct 2000 Wandsworth)
Book Reference: Brewery, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Red 19
War Service: RN
General Information:
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Fort Hall - F.L. Worsley, Chania Bridge
Gazette 9/11/1921 - Probate and Administration in respect of Edward Colman Brown late of Lumbwa who died at Nairobi on 4/5/1921. Applied for by Joseph Edward Cockburn of Kyambu and Francis Le Geyt Worsley of Chania Bridge.
Red Book 1919 - District Committees - Fort Hall - F.L. Worsley
Red 25 - Vice-President, Thika Sports Club. Member of Council, The Coffee Planters' Union of Kenya & EA
Brewery - One of the first regular customers of the Kenya Brewery in 1924
His mother, Francis Hill Worsley, may also have lived in Thika.