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Name: MATCHAM, Joyce Horatia Eyre
Nee: 2nd dau. of George Henry Eyre Matcham, related to Earl Nelson and Baron Wolverton, sister of Florence Ellery Eyre Matcham
Birth Date: 4.10.1895 Bramshaw, New Forest
Death Date: 16.4.1954 Nanyuki, following a gun accident
First Date: 1930s
Last Date: 1954
Profession: Rancher
Area: 'Angata Ndare', Ngobit, Rumuruti
Married: Unmarried
Book Reference: Greame, Debrett, Hut, Burke, Barnes
General Information:
Greame - she ran a racy-looking Hispano Suiza which, when she parked it outside 'The Lobster Pot', always caused a crowd to gather. ......... she indirectly fell a victim to the Mau Mau when her gun went off and fatally wounded her.
Nanyuki cemetery - Joyce Horatia Eyre-Matcham - b. 4-10-1895, d. 16-4-1954 (double grave) Nanyuki Cemetery - Plot E18 AND Florence Ellery Eyre Matcham b. 1893 d. 8 July 1967
Greame - the only woman rancher in Kenya [not so] She was that rare creature, a really good woman - and she was also very good company ... she was a good mechanic ... very tall and rather large.