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Name: CRAKE, Eric Hamilton
Photo Source: Phil Toye
Birth Date: bapt 29 Jan 1887 Paddington
Death Date: 3 Feb 1948 Nakuru
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1948
Profession: Farmed at Molo; cricketer
Area: 'Highlands', Molo, Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Married: In Paddington 6 Feb 1920 Gladys Edith 'Topsy' von Mumm bapt. 27 July 1888 London, d. 30 July 1944 Molo
Children: Ralph
Book Reference: Gillett, Over my Shoulder, Golf, Joelson, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Pioneers, Rift Valley, Gazette, Barnes
School: Harrow
General Information:
Red 22 - Honorary Permit Issuer Pioneers - Molo & Turi - After the Second World War the European Settlement Board came into being, and by 1949 had bought and split up two Molo farms, those of S.H. Mews and Eric Crake, each farm measuring 7000 acres. …
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 26 Nov 1914 - E.H. Crake
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - E.H. Crake - Farmer - Molo
St. Alban's Church, Molo - Eric H. Crake - died 3/2/1948 aged 60
St. Alban's Church, Molo - Topsy Crake - died 30/7/1944 aged 56
Golf - Helped with the Highlands Hotel Golf course in the early 30's. Captain of the Highlands GC in 1932, 1938, 1945.
Joelson - pioneer settler at Molo with Smith
Wisden - 1948 - CRAKE, MR, ERIC HAMILTON, died at Nakuru, Kenya, on February 3, aged 60. Played for Harrow 1903-06 (captain 1905-06), Stock farmer, Kenya.
Cricketer - see Wikipedia
Gazette 29 Jan 1948 probate required by Ralph Hamilton Crake