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Harvard, Michael, brother of Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith (qv); b. 16 Feb. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left Mar. 1924; has assumed the name of Harvard in lieu of Gibbs-Smith; asst sec. Imperial Communications Advisory Committee in WW2; a picture restorer and dealer; rn. 1st 18 Dec. 1942 Cherry Margaret, sister of Michael Hugh Brashier (qv); 2nd 1974 Susan, d. of Rowland Hammerbeck; d. Apr. 2003.

Hartridge, Reginald William Osmond, son of William B. Hartridge, of Croydon, by Jessie, daughter of F. S. Osmond, of Hampstead; b. May 18, 1889; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (H); left July 1906; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.E. 2nd Home Counties Field Co. (T. F.) Sept. 5, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 2, 1915; Capt. June 3, 1915; demob. Feb. 1919; A.M.I.C.E.; an asst. engineer with the Southern Railway; m. July 1918, Grace Constance, daughter of H. Harding, of Streatham.

Hart, Ernest William, son of William Henry Hart, of London; b. Dec. 11, 1880; adm. Jan. 14, 1892 (H); left July 1892; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A.; Lieut. July 1, 1917.

Hart, Arthur Newbury Scott, son of William Scott Hart, of Putney, Surrey, solicitor; b. Dec. 30, 1902; adm. Jan. 18, 1917 (H); left Dec. 1918; m. Jan. 14, 1935 Elizabeth Wharton, elder daughter of Henry Hodson, of St. Albans, Herts.

Harrison, Michael Vibert, son ofLieut.-Col. Norman Harrison CMG DSO MIEE, Engineer-in­ Chief Postal Telegraphs, Union of S. Africa, and Marguerite Ethel, d. of Thomas Dorcy, Denonciateur of the Royal Court of Jersey; b. 1 Aug. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H); left July 1938; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938, BA 1942, MA 1945; ord. deacon 1944, priest 1945 (Guildford); Curate Merrow, Surrey, 1944-7, St Mary, Woodstock, Cape Town, 1947-50; Rector of St John, Clanwilliam, Cape Province, 1950-5; priest-in-charge Matroosfontein 1955-9; Rector of Bredasdorp 1959-62, St Mary, Robertson, 1962-7; Precentor Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1967-9; priest-in-charge St Cuthbert, Sunderland, 1969-72; Rector of St Mary. Jersey, 1972-86; retd; m. 26 Oct. 1967 Joan Ellen, d. of Charles Valentine of Bredasdorp, S. Afnca; d. 1 Sept. 1987.

Harrison, Lyall, son of Harold Harrison LDS, dental surgeon, of Esher, Surrey, and Kathleen Florence, d. of H. Cardno of Johannesburg; b. 19 Dec. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (H); left Apr. 1935; RNVR (SA) in WW2; resident in South Africa 1935-; m. 22 July 1943 Phyllis Mary, d. of Gilbert Thomas Stowar of Simonstown, S. Africa.

Harrison, Douglas Edwin, son of Col. Lawrence Whitaker Harrison CB DSO FRCP and Mabel Alice, d. of Col. Edwin James Fairland, Army Med. Service; b. 16 Jan. 1910; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left Dec. 1927; RMA Woolwich, 2nd Lieut. Roy. Signals Jan. 1930, Lieut. Jan. 1933, Capt. Aug. 1938, Maj. July 1940, Lieut.-Col. Apr. 1942; Col. Jan. 1956, retd 1962; despatches (NW Europe) Mar. 1945; OBE (NW Europe) Jan. 1946; Chevalier Order of Crown of Belgium; a pro­fessional fund raiser 1962-74; m. 11 Oct. 1934 Nancy Kemble, d. of Col. Edward Kemble Twiss IA; d. 25 Dec. 1982.

Harris, Oscar Drewe (Odee), son of Charles Drewe Harris, of Hampstead, by Harriet Agnes Tomlin, daughter of Stanley Harris, of Amersham, Bucks; b. March 15, 1884; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (H); left April 1901; in the employment of Eastern Telegraph Co. in London and abroad 1901-8; entered the theatrical business 1909; theatre manager for Andre Charlot at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Coventry Street, London; served in Egypt, France, and Italy with the 4th Batt. West Indies Regt. in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. March 6, 1916; Lieut. May 31, 1916; Capt. Nov. 20, 1916; author of Unsettled in Places (1937); m. Sept. 8, 1956, Audrey Mary, daughter of Joseph Edgar George, silk buyer, formerly of Bath, Somerset; d. 1975.

Harris, Leonard Davis, son of L. H. Harris, of Ruislip, Middlesex; b. Nov. 13, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); left Dec. 1924; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Aug. 26, 1940; Flight-Lieut; d. Nov. 8, 1959.

Harris, Charles Gordon, son of the Rev. Charles Harris, Rector of Garsdon, Wilts, by Mary Wilson, daughter of Robert Moir, M. D., of Stirling; b. May 9, 1901; adm. May 4, 1916 (H); left Dec. 1916; asst. manager of the General Accident Assurance Corporation at Shanghai, China, 1929-39; a planter in New Guinea 1939-49; a farmer and civil servant in Kenya 1949-59; Lieut. R.N.V.R. June 6, 1940; m. Oct. 21, 1925, Ursula, daughter of Andrew Anderson, of Wallasey, Cheshire.