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Name: DELAP, Hugh Alan Kingsmill
Nee: son of James Onslow Kingsmill Delap
Birth Date: 8 May 1906 Holmwood, Surrey
Death Date: 18 May 1965 Thika
First Date: 1930
Profession: Planter
Area: Kayata, Thika, 1930 Katata Estate
Married: 1. In Camberwell 1928 Eileen Mollie Lawrence b. 18 Mar 1906 Waltham Cross, d. 18 Feb 1992 Aylesbury; 2. Jeanine Francoise Dalais b. 27 Mar 1918 Madagascar, d. 21 June 1978 Malindi
Children: Diana (Dent) (1931 Kensington); Michael Lawrence Kingsmill (11 Mar 1934 Nairobi-1958); James; Mark; Sylvia
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Red 31, Hut, Barnes, Wolseley-Lewis, Web
General Information:
Thika Anglican cemetery - died 18 May 1965 aged 59
Web - Sylvia Delap - Sylvia was born in Kenya to Alan and Jeanine (the latter wrote under the pseudonym Francoise Arned) who met in Madagascar during WW2. Her parents were well known for the creation of the then legendary garden and coffee plantation, Kayata (Donyo Sabuk), where Hollywood made 3 movies - 2 Tarzan films and Sean Connery's movie debut. Alan brought in Peter Greensmith, a naval officer, trained him at Kayata and then supplied all the palms and tree seedlings Peter planted along Nairobi's avenues. Alan's parents had come to Kenya in 1919 from England. J.O.K. Delap (family from Scotland in 16th century) also built Nairobi's water system and Nairobi Dam. He commissioned his friend Edwyn Lutyens (the renowned English architect) to build a large folly at Kayata complete with swimming pool and open-air bathroom on top of a tower. Alan's mother was the famous Audrey Delap, later of Muthaiga.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List has Hugh Allen
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 838).
Gazette 27 July 1965 probate
Gazette 28 Sep 1979 2nd wife's probate