Egerton Castle
"We had sometime before our first appointment Saturday so we rode out to see the Lord Egerton Castle. The dirt roads out to it were, of course, full of deep ruts and holes but once you entered the castle grounds it was so manicured as to seem to be in an alternate universe. Such a sad story. Lord Egerton built the smaller house for his fiance but when she came to Kenya she said it just would not do and went back to England so he built this beautiful castle in the 30's with all imported materials from England and Italy to resemble his castle in Tatton, England. All this to impress her but she refused to come back to Kenya and then threw him over and married an Austrian Duke. He never married and refused any association of woman from then on. He lived in the castle for four years during WWII then abandoned it. for awhile squatters took over and stripped it of anything they could sell like all the copper wire. Then it was used for a school but the government ultimately took it over and founded a university in Lord Egerton's name and now the castle stands empty of any furniture and is used for groups to meet on its spacious grounds.Our tour guide's father was Lord Egerton's last cook then served in the British army as a cook during WWII. The leader of our Nakuru group teaches mathematics at the university but teaches at their downtown Nakuru campus. No classes are being taught in the castle as there will have to be a lot of renovation done there to make it possible."
~Sister Dalley~
Sister Dalley in front of "Small House"
Elder Dalley in front of Egerton Castle
Miscellaneous Pictures:
Sister Dalley with native plantae
Elder Dalley with native plantae
Elder Dalley, Elder Maxwell, Sister Dalley
A bunch of people surrounding Elder & Sister Dalley
~Edited by Katy Kay~
