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Name: VENNING, Douglas Claude MC (Capt.)
Birth Date: 27 May 1897 Kuala Lumpur
Death Date: 17 Oct 1963 Aldenham, Hertfordshire
First Date: 1908
Profession: Broker, Eldoret, estate agent
Area: Nakuru, 1922 Eldama Ravine, 1925 Nakuru, 1930 Kapsabet, 1908 Elmenteita, 1931 Chepteliliyet Estate
Married: 1. 1922 May Constance Costello d. 24 June 1934 Eldoret; 2. Irene Esther Smith b. 3 Oct 1905 Milton, Kent, d. 30 Aug 1951 Nairobi, nursing sister; 3. In Berkhamsted 1956 Joan Isabel Jameson née Colthurst b. 15 Apr 1912 Meriden, Warwickshire, d. 1 Sep 2002 Deben, Suffolk
Children: John Martyn (11 Oct 1922 Kampala-16 July 2003 Howick, S. Africa); Christine (1929)
Book Reference: Golf, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 31, Red 22, SS, Rift Valley
War Service: RFA
General Information:
Red 22 - Elmenteita
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Capt. D.C. Venning, MC, 'Fernlands', Popes Wood, Bracknell, Berks - Farm 350
Rift Valley - Mar 1925 - Suggested 'That the club supply "half pegs" of whisky smaller than the present tot and at a price corresponding with the size.' [seconded by numerous other members]
Rift Valley - 1928 - 'That curtains be provided for the billiard room as it is impossible at present to play between 4 pm and sunset.'
Rift Valley - 17 Mar 1928 - 'This morning I tried to get on by telephone to the Club for half an hour with no result. I suggest that either the telephone be moved or an extension bell be fitted to where it can be heard.' [supported by C.B.P. Fitzgerald & D.C. Venning]
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 25 Nov 1922 - D.C. Venning
Red 25 - Hon. Secretary, Nakuru Golf Club.
Hut has Capt. R.C. Venning 1908 Kisumu
Captain of Nakuru GC in 1927. Winner of the Plateau Golf Championship (Grant Hay Memorial) in 1933.
Gazette 11 May 1965 probate
Eldoret cemetery May Constance / dearly loved wife / of Douglas Claude Venning / midsummer day 1934 / as thy need thy strength shall be
Nairobi City Park cemetery Irene Esther Venning d. 30 Aug 1951 aged 45. Inscription: in loving memory of / "Rene" / dearly beloved wife of D C Venning / 30th Aug 1951
Gazette 11 May 1965 probate
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