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Name: WARD, Roderick John 'Roddy' (Lieut.-Col.), Hon.

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Nee: 2nd son of 2nd Earl of Dudley, nephew of Cyril Augustus Ward

Birth Date: 13 Apr 1902 London

Death Date: 2 Oct 1952 Evesham

First Date: 1930

Profession: Farmer

Area: Thomson's Falls, 1936 Nyeri, Rumuruti

Married: 1. In Kenya 27 Sep 1928 Eileen Patricia Hartigan b. 22 Nov 1906 London (div. 1936 and m. Louis Frederick Monie Lister b. 1898); 2. In Kensington 11 May 1940 Valerie Maud Skelton of Nairobi b. 18 Aug 1920 Knaresborough, d. 9 May 1989 Claro, Yorks. (div. 1947 and later m. Sir Richard Llewellyn Barwick 1916-1979 and Walter Lancaster Hay 1906-1981); 3. In Paddington, London 3 Mar 1947 Charlotte Anne Park Osborne b. 10 Nov 1910 Birkenhead, d. 13 June 1971 Kyrenia, Cyprus

Children: 2. Robert John Christopher (25 Aug 1942-10 Apr 2017 Hambleton, Yorks.) 3. Rupert Michael (1947)

Book Reference: Markham, Mischief, Debrett, Red 31, Hut, Burke, Rift Valley

War Service: Lt-Col WW1 in the Buffs, WW2 in KAR, Br Military Mission Ethiopia, Br Mil Admin Malaya (wounded)

School: Eton

General Information:

Mischief - Valerie Ward, later Lady Barwick, but then married to a settler, Roddy Ward - a close friend of Gwladys Delamere's two daughters and of Gwladys herself. Became a member of the Aga Khan club and received rude anonymous notes - from Gwladys?
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 15 Nov 1927 - Hon. R.J. Ward
Markham - Lover of Beryl Markham in 1930s

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