Women 1/96 - Article by Enid Dawson - ..... As a result of Andrew Dick's interest in the country his brother-in-law bought land as soon as it was available in 1903. This land was on the Kinangop and by 1906 Andrew Dick's nephew, John Dawson, had arrived to develop the four farms that comprised Kenton Estates: Fortuna, Heddon, Kijabe Hill and Karati (or Kenton Farm), but the 1914 war saw John Dawson enlisting in the EAMR and he was killed in the ambush at Seki Waterhole. John's brother then came out from Scotland in 1920, closely followed by his wife and 2 children with another child appearing some years later on. Of this family the middle boy, John Alexander Dawson (better known as 'Jock') is still in Kenya with grandchildren here making the Fifth generation of the family in the country. This is possibly the European family with the longest record in Kenya.

Hut has John A. 'Jock' Dawson d. 1915 1908 Mgr. Holzaphel Naivasha.

CWGC - Trooper 507, EAMR, who died on Thursday, 13th May 1915. Nairobi British and Indian Memorial.