Ivan Graham Mitford-Barberton, A.R.C.S.

1896 - 1976  (80 years)

• Name	Ivan Graham Mitford-Barberton  [1]
  Suffix	A.R.C.S.
  Born	1 Feb 1896	Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	11 Oct 1896	Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  	Barber, Ivan Graham baptism. Keywords: Baptism
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Occupation	an Author and Sculptor
  Died	9 Jun 1976	Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I268	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry Mitford-Barberton,   b. 7 Sep 1850, 'Highlands', Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 25 May 1920, Uasin Gishu, Eldoret, Kenya  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Layard Bowker,   b. 26 Apr 1863, Roeland Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa ,   d. 8 Mar 1928, Nanyuki, Kenya  (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Cecile Georgina Cotterell Hoole,   b. 5 Mar 1897, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 25 Oct 1952, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 55 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1921	Nairobi, Kenya
  Notes	Marriage Status: Divorced
  Children	+ 1. Elaine Mitford-Barberton + 2. Roland Atherstone Mitford-Barberton,   b. 3 Nov 1927, Eldoret, Kenya ,   d. 9 Oct 2003, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 75 years) + 3. Michael Francis Barberton
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Pamela Sybil Gibbs,   b. 18 Aug 1913
  Married	21 Sep 1939	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Children	+ 1. Catherine Mary Mitford-Barberton + 2. Nicholas Mitford-Barberton
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2005
  Family ID	F191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 1 Feb 1896 - Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism - 11 Oct 1896 - Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Married - 27 Aug 1921 - Nairobi, Kenya Married - 21 Sep 1939 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Died - 9 Jun 1976 - Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Register of Baptisms - Presbyterian Church of Somerset East. Where Baptised: Glenavon When Baptised 11 October 1896 Child's Name Ivan Graham Barber Date of Birth: 1 February 1896 Parents' Names: Henry Mitford BARBER Mary Leyard BARBER Godfathers: Frederick Hugh BARBER, Thomas Holden BARBER Godmother: Armenia BARBER Minister's Name: W. Leith Educated at St. Andrews College, Grahamstown. Served in both world Wars, and spent 15 years coffee planting in Kenya. After studying art in England, France and Italy, he joined the staf of Michaelis Art School at the University of Cape Town. Sculptor and artist. Various busts by Ivan, of the Bowkers are in the Albany Museum. Author of various books on the Barber and Bowker families. - The Barbers of the Peak; Oxford University Press, 1934. - The Bowkers of Tharfield; Oxford University Press, 1952 - with Raymond Mitford-Barberton. - Some Frontier Families; Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 1968 - with Violet White. - Comdt. Holden Bowker; Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 1970 He went to St. Andrew's College while the family went to Kenya. He moved to Kenya in 1912. He camped on the slopes of Mount Kenya during the plague. He climbed to 15,000 feet in 1913 bought farms on the slopes of Mount Elgon. He was one of the first settlers to cross the Nzola River into the new area. He was in the East Africa Transport during the war moving supplies from Nairobi to Longido by ox-wagon. He also worked as an interpreter at Dar es Salaam. He studied Art at Grahamstown and sculpture at the Royal College of Art, England. In 1930 Ivan moved to Cape Town to start a new life as a sculptor. While working on the decoration of the Old Mutual Building in Plain Street. Pam came to work for him. They built a house in Bantry Bay. During the war Pam suffered from T.B. She had a serious operation removing part of a lung. After the war they built 'Castleton' at Hout Bay where they lived until Ivan died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2597] SA Cape Death Notices, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99GB-X9G6?i=267&cat=2212726 (Reliability: 3). Hoole, Cecile Georgina Cotterell(1897-1952) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99GB-X9G6?i=267&cat=2212726 Keywords: Death Notice [S3580] De Cruz, Christobel. [S2597] SA Cape Death Notices, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9FK-N86F?i=382&cat=2156332 (Reliability: 3). Mitford-Barberton, Ivan Graham(1896-1976) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9FK-N86F?i=382&cat=2156332 Keywords: Death Notice