HARMSWORTH, BRIAN; b.; adm.; BB in 1702 (Chapter Muniments 33734); evidently = Brian Harmsworth, b. 28 Aug 1690, who was adm. as foundation scholar, Charterhouse Sch. 8 Oct 1703, and d. “at his father’s house” Jul 1707.
Harmsworth, Sir Harold Cecil Aubrey, brother of Alfred Leicester St. Barbe Harmsworth (q.v.); b. June 13, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (R); left July 1914; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A.; transferred to R.M.A.; temp. Lieut. April 20, 1918, and served at Mudros, Dardanelles, S. Russia, and Bosphorus in Great War I; a director of The Daily Sketch and Sunday Herald, Ltd., and of the Western Morning News Co. Ltd., etc.; knighted 1935; d. Sept. 7, 1952.
Harmsworth, Robert Lovel St. John, brother of Sir Alfred Leicester St. Barbe Harmsworth (q.v.); b. Nov. 29, 1898; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (R); left Easter 1915; d. Sept. 15, 1920.
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HARPER, ARTHUR, son of Robert John Harper (qv); b. 7 Jan 1810; adm. 16 Apr 1823 (Stelfox's); left Bartholomewtide 1826; Ensign, 9th Foot 17 Jan 1828; Lieut., 22 Oct 1830; Capt., 17 Oct 1837; retd. 28 Aug 1838; of New Lodge, Needwood, Staffs.; d. 1 Sep 1838.
HARPER, HENRY; b.; adm. 21 Jan 1771; left Christmas 1775 (in school lists as Harpur). [Maybe Sir Henry Harpur-Crewe, Bart., son of Sir Henry Harpur, Bart. (qv); b. 13 May 1763; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Jun 1781, aged 17; Grand Tour (Italy, Switzerland, France); succ. father as 7th baronet 10 Feb 1789; of Calke Abbey, Derbs.; JP Derbyshire, High Sheriff 1794; assumed additional surname and arms of Crewe by royal licence 1808; m. 4 Feb 1792 Anne Hawkins, lady’s maid; killed by a fall from his coach-box 6 Feb 1819]
HARPER, JOHN, son of Miles Harper, St. James, Westminster, grocer, and Elizabeth Hudson, widow; b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1714; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1718, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1718, scholar 11 Jul 1719; 6th in “ordo” 1721/2; BA 1721/2; adm. Middle Temple 21 Sep 1724, called to bar 24 Nov 1727. [note John Harper, Stamp Office, will proved PCC 6 Apr 1768]
HARPER, ROBERT JOHN, brother of Samuel Harper (qv); b. 4 Dec 1764; adm. 13 Jan 1772 (no entrance fee); left 1779; adm. Lincoln’s Inn May 1781; articled to Francis Russell, attorney, Deputy Clerk of Council and Duchy Solicitor, Duchy of Lancaster 1781; Duchy Solicitor, Duchy of Lancaster 1786-1826, also Deputy Clerk of Council 1795-1826; Surveyor of Woods, North Part, Duchy of Lancaster, from 1825; of New Lodge, Needwood, Staffs.; m. 7 Sep 1802 Catherine, eldest dau. of Thomas Hinckley, Lichfield, Staffs.; d. 8 Mar 1846.