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GB-2014-WSA-08889 · Person · 1918-2014

Havers, Antony Cecil Oldfield, son of Sir Cecil Robert Havers, Judge of the King's Bench Divi­sion, High Court, and Enid Flo, d. of William Oldfield Snelling of Norwich; b. 11 Feb. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (R); left Dec. 1935; RASC in WW2 (Capt.); dir. J. & . J. Colman Ltd, Norwich, 1962, Reckitt & Colman Ltd 1968, retd 1979; m. 18 Aug. 1942 Barbara Harrison, d. of Freder­ick J. Gore of Scotby, Cumbria; d. 17 July 2014.

GB-2014-WSA-08866 · Person · 1903-1980

Haskell, Arnold Lionel David, son of Jacob Silas Haskell, of Kensington, chairman of the Eastern Bank, Ltd., by Emmy, daughter of Arnold Mesritz, of Amsterdam; b. July 19, 1903; adm. from Harrow Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left Easter 1921; Trin. Hall, Camb., matric. Michael­ mas 1922; B.A. 1926; M.A. 1930; a writer and lecturer on the ballet; vice-president, Royal Academy of Dancing; director of Royal Ballet School since 1946; C.B.E. 1954; author of Some Studies in Ballet (1928) and other works; m. 1927, Vera Saitzoff; d. 14 Nov. 1980.

GB-2014-WSA-08862 · Person · 1919-1975

Harwood, John Fisher, son of Sir Ralph Endersby Harwood KCB KCVO CBE, Financial Secre­tary to HM King George V, and Kitty, d. of William Rule Endersby; b. 29 May 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left July 1937; RA in WW2; a journalist; d. 13 July 1975.

GB-2014-WSA-08851 · Person · 1897-?

Harvey, Jack Seaforth, son of Sir John Martin Harvey, Kt., of St. John's Wood, actor­ manager, by Angelita Helena de Silva, only daughter of Don Ramon de Silva Ferro; b. April 18, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (R); left July 1915; served in the R.A.M.C. during Great War I; m. Aug. 27, 1927, Hester Margetson.

GB-2014-WSA-08850 · Person · 1873-1957

Harvey, Herbert Buchanan, son of Herbert Cranmer Harvey, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, solicitor, by Margaret Eliza, daughter of Daniel Cranmer Buchanan, of Barnard Road, Claughton, Birkenhead, Cheshire; b. Oct. 30, 1873; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (R); left June 1891; manager and engineer to the Cambridge Electric Supply Co. 1901-9, and to the Kent Electric Power Co. 1909; A. M. I. E. E. 1901; M. I. E. E. 1909; m. April 17, 1903, Josephine Edgerley, daughter of Joseph Edgerley Purser, of Dublin; d. Jan. 8, 1957.

GB-2014-WSA-08848 · Person · 1877-1949

Harvey, Ernest Gilmour, brother of Herbert Buchanan Harvey (q.v.); b. May 24, 1877; adm. Sept. 1889 (R); left Dec. 1893; adm. a solicitor April 1899; in practice at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; m. 1904, Ella Violet, eldest daughter of His Honour Judge David Fenwick Steavenson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. Dec. 2, 1949.

GB-2014-WSA-08845 · Person · 1893-1959

Harvey, Douglas Arthur, son of Gilmour Arthur Harvey, of Paddington, by Florence Evelyn Williams, of Chile; b. Dec. 3, 1893; adm. Jan. 17, 1907 (R); left. July 1911; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 3rd West Lancs Brigade R. F. A. (T. F.) May 12, 1915; Lieut. June 1, 1916; Adjutant Jan. 21, 1917; Capt. Aug. 3, 1917; M.C. June 3, 1918; employed with An­thony Gibbs & Sons in Chile 1911-5 and 1919-28 and in New York 1929-31; with H. T. Baker & Bros. of New York in Chile, Peru and Argentina 1932-42; retired and resided in Buenos Aires; m. March 12, 1930, Ethel Joan Mearns, daughter of William Mearns Gow, of Prestwick, Ayrshire; d. July 1, 1959.

GB-2014-WSA-08830 · Person · 1874-?

Hartland, Linton Sidney, son of Edwin Sidney Hartland, of Swansea, Glamorgan, solic­itor, by Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Morgan Rice Morgan, Vicar of Llansamlet, Glamorgan; b. June 6, 1874; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (R); left July 1890: Berkhamsted School Sept. 1890 - July 1892; adm. a solicitor April 5, 1898; Asst. Town Clerk, Woolwich, April 1903 - March 1906; in the Parliamentary Dept. of the L. C. C. from March 1906; retired June, 1939; m. Oct. 28, 1904, Dorothy Wills, daughter of Samuel Dean Warren, of Hampstead.

GB-2014-WSA-08795 · Person · 1835-1866

HARRISON, MATTHEW BEACHCROFT, only son of Rev. Matthew Harrison, Rector of Church Oakley, Hampshire, and Margaret --- (IGI); b. 27 Jan 1835; adm. 10 Jun 1847 (Rigaud's); King’s Coll. Sch. 1851-3; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 May 1853; Ensign, 62nd Foot 11 May 1855; Lieut., 26 Feb 1856; retd. 4 Jun 1861; m. 7 Apr 1859 Louise, dau. of C. Brown, Queen’s Square, St. John’s, New Brunswick, Canada; d. 15 Nov 1866.

GB-2014-WSA-08755 · Person · 1907-1994

Harris, Norman Francis, son of F. E. Harris of Bexley, Kent; b. 31 May 1907; adm. Jan. 1920 (R); left Dec. 1921; RAFVR 1940-5 (Sqdn Ldr), despatches Jan. 1945; d. 1994.