British farmer the late Lord Delamere was a troublesome man, who at times landed in trouble with the authorities, when the British had taken over the country.
And though his home is known to be in Naivasha, it appears the baron loved the city of Nairobi and even put up businesses there, its also here where he engaged in mischief.
For instance, he at some point paid some Kenyans a rupee each to collect firewood which he wanted to use to burn Lands office, for allegedly being shortchanged by the government.
Delamere had been promised a plot in Nairobi, and had even brought machinery from Britain with the intention of setting up a wheat flour mill, after carefully choosing the location.
So when he was told that the land was no longer available, a land which he really desired due to its proximity to the railway, he wanted to burn the office, an equivalent of today's Arthi House.
It took the intervention of government officials to save the office when Delamere was almost setting it on fire, shortly after he stormed out of a meeting with Lands officials over the issue.
And when Government Road, then just a cart truck, was fitted with streetlights at around 1899, Delamere moved his rickshaw races from the old Nairobi Club to the lit road.
The road is today's Moi Avenue.
He competed with his friends in races using the improvised motorbikes, popularly known as tuk-tuk, and when the sport lost taste, he developed a new one, shooting the streetlight lamps.
After some time, he had completed all of them, including those outside the Provincial Commissioner's house, returning the city into the darkness it was initially in.
On another occasion in 1906, he burnt some land document after being shortchanged by a land dealer, one Mr Smart, in a land deal involving 500 acres of land.
Before the agreement was signed, Mr Smart gave the land to another person, which also saw Mr Delamere tear the land tittle deed which was already in his possession.
This landed him before the Supreme Court in Mombasa, a case which he won and was vindicated.