The name “Nderit” was the name of Richard Britten-Long family estate up country where he was brought up along side his brother Ian. “Nderit” is Maa (Masai) for sweet water. The Nderit river flows through into what is now The Lake Nakuru National Park in Elementeita, situated between Nakuru and Naivasha, in The Rift Valley. The land was acquired by “Boy” Long and his wife Genesta in 1924. Richard’s grandfather, Boy, was an expert cattleman, somewhat distant vocation from being an officer in the Grenadier Guards. He came to Kenya with Lord Delamere to run his ranch, Soysambu next door to The Nderit Estate.