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Name: LESTER, Edward Louis Townsend 'Paddy'
Photo Source: William Cherry - Kenya v. Royal Navy rugby 1925
Birth Date: 26.6.1881 Cork
Death Date: 18.12.1969 Addington, Bucks. Buried in Stellawood cemetery, Durban
Nationality: Irish
First Date: 1923
Profession: Accountant with the Nairobi Town Council
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In Johannesburg 18 Dec 1907 Martha Henrietta Whiley b. 13 Mar 1881, d. 19 June 1953 Johannesburg; 2. In Nairobi 28.4.1919 Elizabeth Walton Guthrie b. 1902 Scotland, d. Greytown, Natal
Children: Stewart Dowden (23.2.1932); Patricia Morag (Blacklaws) (14.10.1940)
Book Reference: Irish, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Barnes, Rugby
War Service: 17th Imperial Yeomanry (Boer War); Transvaal Horse Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery (WW1)
General Information:
Red 22 - Secretary, The Football Association of Kenya -
Rugby photo - Harlequins v Mombasa Dec. 24th 1923 (Referee)
Early player and committee member of Harlequins RFC, 1920s
Rugby - Rugby Football Union of Kenya - inaugural year 1923 - Vice-President
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Edward Louis Townsend Lester, Municipal Official, and Elizabeth Walton Lester, married woman, Box 948, Nbi
Hon. Secretary of the Irish Society from 1924-1948. President in 1949.
Stewart Lester (son): He was also one of the Founder Members of the Amateur Boxing Assoc of Kenya as well as the Arab & African Sports Association. He was the founder of the British Legion Club, and sometime Chairman of the British Legion (Kenya) Branch and he was also at one time Secretary of the Football Assoc of Kenya. After the war (2nd) he organised several rugby tours of Kenya by some of the South African University Teams.
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