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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-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-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-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-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-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-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-08890 · Person · 1927-1997

Havers, David Nicholas Oldfield, brother of Antony Cecil Oldfield Havers (qv); b. 13 Dec. 1927; adm. Sept. 1941 (R); left July 1946; Corpus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1955; Unilever Group (production and marketing) UK and Thailand 1951-65; man. dir. D. Thom & Co., Manchester, 1965-7; product man. Ciba-Geigy (UK) Ltd. 1967-81; bus. consult. 1981-; member, Stockport MBC 1976-; m. 3 Apr. 1954 Barbara Rosemary Walters, catering man., d. of Hubert Coleman Walters, sales man. BICC Group; d. 24 Jan. 1997.

GB-2014-WSA-08891 · Person · 1923-1992

Havers, Robert Michael Oldfield, Baron Havers, brother of Antony Cecil Oldfield Havers (qv); b. 10 Mar. 1923; adm. Apr. 1936 (R); left Dec. 1940; RNVR 1941-6 (Lieut.); Corpus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1965; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Nov. 1948; dep. chairman West Suffolk Quarter Sessions 1961, chairman 1965; QC 1964; Recorder of Dover 1962-8, of Norwich 1968-71; Chancellor Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich 1965-73, of Ely 1969-73; MP (C) Wimbledon 1970-87; Master of Bench Inner Temple 1971; Kt 1972; Solic­itor-General 1972-4; shadow Attorney-General 1974-9; PC 1977; Attornev-General 1979-87; Lord Chancellor 1987; er. Baron Havers (Life Peer) 1987; a Busby Trustee 1980; joint author The Royal Baccarat Scandal, Theatre Royal Havmarket 1988; m. 3 Sept. 1949 Carol Elizabeth, d. of Stuart Lay; d. 1 Apr. 1992.

GB-2014-WSA-08896 · Person · 1832-1897

HAWES, ARTHUR BISCOE, youngest son of Sir Benjamin Hawes KCB, Permanent Under Secretary of State for War, and Sophia Macnamara, dau. of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, Kt, MICE FRS, civil engineer; b. 29 Oct 1832; adm. 1 Oct 1846 (Rigaud's); his exploit of blocking up with the contents of a coal cart the door from which Liddell used to come out to go up School is recounted in F. Markham, Recollections of a Town Boy, 205-6; left Whitsun 1849; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1849; Ensign, unattached, 12 Dec 1849; 38th Native Infantry 25 May 1850; Lieut., 6 Jan 1852; Capt., 16 May 1858; retd. 22 Oct 1858; member, Committee for the Valuation of Military Equipments, Store Department, India Office; living Weybridge, Surrey, in 1881; m. (by 1857) Susan --- (1881 Census); d. 15 May 1897.