Edward COLMAN-BROWN

1885 - 1921  (36 years)

• Name	Edward COLMAN-BROWN
  Birth	18 Jan 1885	Tostock, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England   [1, 2]
  	JFM 1885 Cosford, Volume 04A, Page 684 Mother's Maiden Surname: Jerry (should be Terry) Entered as Edward Colman Brown (surname = Brown)
  Gender	Male
  Military Record	1918  [3]
  Reference Number	M 1309b
  Death	5 May 1921	British East Africa   [4, 5]
  	Age: 36y
  	Living at Lumbwa, Kedowa, Kenya
  Person ID	I5457	Vernon
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2023

  
  

  Family	Annie Fletcher Catherine KEAY,   b. 17 Jun 1882, Parlington, Aberford, Yorkshire, England d. 14 Jun 1960, Mitubiri, Kenya, East Africa (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Between 1911 and 1921
  	Edward was from Brent Eleigh Hall, Suffolk They may have married abroad as Edward was a Captain in the Army
  Family ID	F1938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Captain EDWARD COLMAN-BROWN Surname can be Brown, Colman or Colman-Brown Grandparents: George James Edward Brown - died 26 February 1857 Catherine Mary Mills - married 30 May 1854 Children: Walter Thomas Brown (see below) Edward Cyril Brown - born 27 October 1857 & married Isabel Terry daughter of Rev Charles Terry - 3 children: John Ranby Brown born 14 February 1880, Rosalind Mabel Brown born 17 May 1883, Mary Katharine Brown born 19 August 1886 Parents: Father: Walter Thomas Brown - bap 08 April 1855, died 08 January 1905 Mother: Caroline Terry daughter of Rev Charles Terry, (widow in 1911 living at West Hill, Bury St Edmonds). They married 06 June 1877 Children: Katherine Dionegse Brown - born 08 October 1879 Cosford Margaret Isabel Brown - born 12 April 1881 Cosford Dorothy Frances Brown - born 30 April 1883 Cosford Edward Colman Brown - born 18 January 1885 Frances Giles Brown - born 21 July 1889 Cosford Mary Geraldine Brown - born 17 Dec 1891 Cosford Electoral Register 1910 - Place of Abode: West Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Qualifying property: Brent Eleigh Hall Possibly died at Kedowa in Kenya - probate Supreme Court of Kenya at Nairobi Executrix Wife, Executor Ernest Terry (uncle). Extracted Will of Edward Colman Brown of Kedowa in Kenya (probate etc., in Supreme Court of Kenya at Nairobi): Appointing wife sole executrix of estate in Kenya and Ernest Terry, his uncle, as sole executor of estate outside Kenya, bequeathing all estate to wife, and note of probate (Principal Probate Registry) 16 March 1922, stating that gross value of testator's estate in U.K. (exclusive of what entitled to as trustee and not beneficially) as £11,714. 8. 3d., and note if Inland Revenue, 31 March 1927 [sic], that gross value of estate now £11,216. 5. 1d. and amount of deduction for debts and funeral as £4,512. 12. 2d. Stamps of Alliance Assurance Co., Ltd., and of Lloyds Bank Ltd., Bury St. Edmunds, recording registration of will, etc., Note endorsed by Williams and James, 15.5.1925 to Rowe & Co., to copy probate grant and will. Date: 1921 May 4 Brent Eleigh Hall sold in 1922 In 1891 Census Surname = Brown & Colman is Edward's middle name - living at The Hall In 1901 Census he is Edward C Brown age 16 and a Scholar at Leconfield, Cheltenham, born Brentleigh, Suffolk Not found in 1911 Census so possibly abroad in the Army ADDRESSES: West Hill, Bury St Edmund's, Suffolk Brent Eleigh Hall, Suffolk Lumbwa / Kedowa, Kenya OCCUPATIONS: 2nd Lieutenant The Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Battalion (formerly West Suffolk Militia) - Harts Army List 1907 Kings African Rifles RAF CENSUSES: (1885-1921) Last checked: 15 April 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] BMD - GRO Index - Birth, 22 Jan 2018, JFM 1885 Cosford, Volume 04A, Page 684. [S4886] Plantagenet Roll - Brown, Edward Colman - 1885, 15 Apr 2018, Page 550. [S4889] Military Record - Colman-Brown, Edward - British Royal Air Force Officer Service Record, 15 Apr 2018. K African Rifles RAF [S4887] Will Extract - Brown, Edward Colman - 1921, 15 Apr 2018, National Archives 1754/3/50. Effects: £11,216 05s 01d less debts & funeral £4,512 12s 02s Wife = Sole Executrix of estate in Kenya Ernest Terry (uncle) = sole executor outside Kenya Date: 04 May 1921 Probate: 16 March 1922 Note Endorsed 15 May 1925 [S4888] Newspaper - Official Gazette - Brown, Edward Colman, 15 Apr 2018, 09 November 1921, Page 990. Probate and Administration