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Name: DEWHURST, James
Nee: possibly father of Robert Dewhurst
Birth Date: 1837 ?Blackburn ?Ramsbottom
Death Date: 30.10.1913 Nairobi, cardiac failure
First Date: 1907
Last Date: 1913
Profession: Farmed in the highlands of EA until he died.
Area: Highlands of EA
Married: Nini Pilkington
Children: ?Robert
Book Reference: Gillett, Hut, Wolseley-Lewis, Barnes, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Wolseley-Lewis - Naivasha - Jim and Nini Dewhurst bought the Harvey's farm. He was a Colonel in a tank regiment, a red faced aggressive man typical of that rank. She was a Pilkington of glass fame and he called her 'Mouse'. The Dewhursts later sold to Bobby Hornsby-Wright.
Nairobi South cemetery - James Dewhurst, d and buried 30 Oct 1913
Red Book 1912 - J. Dewhurst - Nairobi
Hut has Col. J. Dewhurst at Sabukia married to Nini Pilkington