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Name: FISHER, Derek Chandos Sydney
Nee: son of Sydney Fisher and Anne Louise Van-Notten-Pole
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1901 Amington, Staffs.
Death Date: 1972 Kings Lynn
First Date: 1934
Profession: Farmer, game warden, estate agent
Area: Kipipiri, Gilgil
Married: 1. In Meru 7 Nov 1952 Patricia Constance Phyllis Mayhew b. 1924 Elham, Kent, d. 20 July 1979 Limuru (prev. m. Patrick William Mackenzie Dean 1920-1995 and later m. John Matthias Oxenham Dyer 1920-1877); 2. Eileen Patricia Hartigan née Mayhew b. 22.3.1923, d. 20 July 1979
Children: Phyllis Sydney Shedden; Dora Louise Sydney; Enid Sydney; Derek Chandos Sydney
Book Reference: Mischief, Hut, Barnes
General Information:
Mischief - At Muthaiga Club early on the night of Lord Erroll's murder.
Gazette 5/4/1938 - Honorary Game Warden
Mischief - a Happy Valley resident, who would order the servants to arrange the chairs in lines to resemble a train. He would push the chairs through the sitting room, hooting and puffing to the howling encouragement of his friends.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List farm manager, Kipipiri
Gazette 8 Jun 1937 - appt as game warden