William Alexander Broadfoot OBE (1894 - 1969)

Born 7 Oct 1894 in Trichonopoly, India

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Died 7 Sep 1969 at age 74 in Nakuru, Rift Valley, Kenya

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Biography

William Alexander Broadfoot was born in India in 1894, the son of Ramsay Douglas Broadfoot, Esq. and Annie Elizabeth Blagrave Ainslie. ^{[1] [2]}

While his parents were in India, and previous to his mother's death in November, 1901, William and his sister, Margaret, were living with their Aunt, Margaret Wood, in Elie, Scotland when the 1901 census was enumerated earlier in the year:

• Margaret G Wood, age 51, head, living on own means; born at Pollockshaus [Pollokshaws], Renfrewshire
• Christina C Douglas, age 68, aunt, living on own means; born at Edinburgh, Midlothian
• Margaret C Broadfoot, age 9, niece; born at Hesur [sic], India
• William A Broadfoot, age 6, nephew; born in India
• Annie Angus, age 32, servant, Nurse (domestic); born in St Andrews, Fifeshire
• Maggie Angus, age 27, servant, Cook (domestic); born at Balmernis [Balmerino?], Fifeshire
• Annie Edgar, age 22, servant, Laundrymaid (domestic); born at Motherwell, Lanarkshire
• Jane Methven, age 21, servant, House Tobleman[??]; born at Glenburnie, Fifeshire
• census place: The Terrace, Elie, Fife, Scotland. ^[2]

On 16th May 1923, (then) Captain William Broadfoot, Skinners Horse, Indian Army, married Frances Leslie Arnold, daughter of Arthur Waller Arnold, at Ferozepore, Bengal. ^[3]

Colonel Broadfoot was awarded the O.B.E., as Ordinary Officer of the Military Division, on the 1st January 1948. ^[4]

The appearance of Colonel Broadfoot’s name in a schedule entitled, “Return of Land Grants,” dated 31st March 1965, demonstrates his interest in settling on (or investing in) fifty-four acres of land at Nakur[u] in Kenya. The schedule cites first, the surrender of lands, then the regrant of same under specific legislation (Cap 280). ^[5]

In his later years, Colonel Broadfoot lived at Njoro. William Alexander Broadfoot, O.B.E., died at Nakuru in the Rift Valley, Kenya, on the 7th September 1969, aged seventy-four years. ^{[6] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ British India Office. Ecclesiastical Returns. “Baptisms solemnised at St. Thomas’ Mount, Tranquahar, Trichonopoly.” William Alexander Broadfoot, born 7th October 1894, son of Ramsay Douglas Broadfoot, Indian Civil Service, and Annie Elizabeth Blagrave [his wife], of Trichonopoly; baptised 14th November 1894 by F.E. Cameron, Chaplain. Digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed 2018-07-12).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Scotland 1901 Census. Household of Margaret G Wood, age 51, with niece, Margaret C Broadfoot (age 9), and nephew, William A Broadfoot (age 6); residence: The Terrace, Elie, Fife. Original record: 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Ref. Parish: Elie; ED: 1; Page: 16; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1901_138. Transcript online at ancestry.ca (accessed 2018-07-16).
3. ↑ British India Office. Ecclesiastical Returns. “Marriages solemnized at Ferozepore.” William Alexander Broadfoot, Captain, Skinners Horse, Indian Army, of full age, bachelor, resident of Ferozepore, son of Ramsay Douglas Broadfoot; and Frances Leslie Arnold, of full age, spinster, resident of Ferozepore, daughter of Arthur Waller Arnold; married 16th May 1923, after banns, by R. Campbell, Chaplain; witnesses: E Conway Gordon, Lt. Col.; W. Mitchell, N. Beresford; G. Gray - Capt.; F. Runton[?]. Digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed 2018-07-16).
4. ↑ London Gazette, Supplement, 1 January 1948 (pg 12). “Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. St. James’s Palace, S.W.I. 1st January 1948. The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders, as on the 14th August, 1947, for the following promotion in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: … To be Ordinary Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order [amongst others:] Colonel William Alexander BROADFOOT, Skinner’s Horse, Indian Army.” Digital image online at thegazette.co.uk (accessed 2018-07-16).
5. ↑ Kenya Gazette. “The Crown Lands Act / (Cap 280 of the Revised Edition) / RETURN OF LANDS GRANTS FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 31ST MARCH 1965 / The dates of registration of the documents effecting these transfers have not been taken into consideration. / … William Alexander Broadfoot, L R or Plot No 4810/1, locality: Nakuru, area (approx.): 54 acres, annual rent: 30, term 999 years from 1-4-06; Surrendered in exchange for a new Grant of L R 10685.” (pg. 459.)
6. ↑ Kenya Gazette. Vol. LXXI, No. 43 (3 October 1969, pg 992). “Gazette Notice No 3078 / COLONEL WILLIAM ALEXANDER BROADFOOT, DECEASED / NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 29 of the Trustee Act (Cap 167), that any person having a claim against or an interest in the estate of the late Colonel William Alexander Broadfoot of P O Njoro who died at Nakuru on the 7th September 1969, is hereby required to send particulars in writing of his or her claim to Barclays Bank D C O, Trustee Department, P O Box 30356, Nairobi, before the 30th November 1969, after which date the executors will distribute the estate among the persons entitlted thereto having regard only to the claims and interests of which they have had notice and will not as respects the property so distributed be liable to any person of whose claim they shall not then have had notice / Dated this 23rd day of September 1969 / BARCLAYS BANK D C O / Trustee Department, P O Box 30356 Nairobi.” pub. Nairobi, 3rd October 1969.
7. ↑ Kenya Gazette. Vol. LXXI, No. 53 (21 November 1969, pg 1176). “Gazette Notice No 3593 / IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI / PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION / TAKE NOTICE that applications having been made in this Court — [amongst others:] (3) CAUSE No 357 of 1969 / By Barclays Bank D C O (through its attorneys John Graham Miles and John Hayes Clayton Whickers, both of P O Box 30120, Nairobi in Kenya,) the duly constituted attorney of Francis [sic] Leslie Broadfoot of Burrswood Groomridge Kent in England the widow of the deceased and the sole executrix appointed in his will, through Messrs Shapley Barret Marsh & Co, advocates of Nairobi, for a grnt of letters of administration with will annexed, of the estate of William Alexander Broadfoot of Njoro in Kenya, who died at Nakuru in Kenya, on the 7th day of September 1969.”