Hackforth, John Lawrence, brother of Richard Edgar Hackforth (qv); b. 22 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (A), (H) Jan. 1926; left July 1930; Christ's Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933; Colonial Civil Service, asst auditor Nyasaland 1935, Kenya 1939; auditor Malaya 1947-50; Milk Marketing Board 1950-2; district accountant African Lakes Corpn, N. Rho­desia, 1954; m. 2 Dec. 1939 Mary Benilda, d. of Joseph Henry Bartlett of Old Windsor; d. 13 June 1969.

The house was named after Old Westminster Richard Hakluyt (1553-1616), an Elizabethan geographer.