Captain Roger Harvey | |
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High Sheriff of Wiltshire | |
In office 1970–1970 | |
Preceded by | Edward Lancelot Luce |
Succeeded by | James Ian Morrison |
Personal details | |
Born | Roger Edward Lennox Harvey 6 April 1913 Horsham, West Sussex |
Died | 10 October 1976 London | (aged 63)
Spouse |
Diana Eira Claude Mainwaring
(
m. 1938; died 1976) |
Children | Carola Zara Lennox Harvey Joanna Lennox Harvey Fiona Diana Lennox Harvey |
Parent(s) | Edward Douglas Lennox Harvey Emma Rawson Thornton |
Captain Roger Edward Lennox Harvey [a] DL JP (6 April 1913 – 10 October 1976) was an English soldier and public official.
Harvey was born on 6 April 1913 in Horsham, West Sussex. [2] He was the youngest of four sons of the Rev. Edward Douglas Lennox Harvey (1839–1938), OBE, of Beedingwood House, Horsham, and his second wife, [3] Emma Jessie ( née Rawson) Thornton (1867–1943), the younger daughter of Philip Rawson of Woodhurst, Crawley and widow of Sir Edward Thornton, 3rd Count of Cacilhas. [4] All three of his elder half-brothers died early and tragic deaths. [3]
His father was the youngest of seven sons of William James Harvey of Carnousie, and Isobel Barclay (a daughter of Charles Barclay of Inchbrown, County of Moray). [4]
Harvey was commissioned in the Scots Guards in 1933, eventually becoming Captain. [5] During World War II, he served in Egypt from 1939 to 1945. [6] He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 1963, and High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1970, and Justice of the Peace. [1]
On 6 July 1938, Harvey was married to Diana Eira Claude Mainwaring (1914–1992) at Westminster, London. Diana was a daughter of Sir Harry Mainwaring, 5th Baronet, and the former Generis Alma Windham Williams-Bulkeley (a daughter of Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet and Lady Magdalen Yorke). He lived at Parliament Piece, [7] located on the edge of the village of Ramsbury, which sits in the Kennet Valley in the North Wessex close to the Wiltshire and Berkshire border. [8] They were the parents of two daughters: [2]
Captain Harvey died in London on 10 October 1976. [6] His widow died in 1992 at Salisbury, Wiltshire. [1]
Captain Roger Harvey | |
---|---|
High Sheriff of Wiltshire | |
In office 1970–1970 | |
Preceded by | Edward Lancelot Luce |
Succeeded by | James Ian Morrison |
Personal details | |
Born | Roger Edward Lennox Harvey 6 April 1913 Horsham, West Sussex |
Died | 10 October 1976 London | (aged 63)
Spouse |
Diana Eira Claude Mainwaring
(
m. 1938; died 1976) |
Children | Carola Zara Lennox Harvey Joanna Lennox Harvey Fiona Diana Lennox Harvey |
Parent(s) | Edward Douglas Lennox Harvey Emma Rawson Thornton |
Captain Roger Edward Lennox Harvey [a] DL JP (6 April 1913 – 10 October 1976) was an English soldier and public official.
Harvey was born on 6 April 1913 in Horsham, West Sussex. [2] He was the youngest of four sons of the Rev. Edward Douglas Lennox Harvey (1839–1938), OBE, of Beedingwood House, Horsham, and his second wife, [3] Emma Jessie ( née Rawson) Thornton (1867–1943), the younger daughter of Philip Rawson of Woodhurst, Crawley and widow of Sir Edward Thornton, 3rd Count of Cacilhas. [4] All three of his elder half-brothers died early and tragic deaths. [3]
His father was the youngest of seven sons of William James Harvey of Carnousie, and Isobel Barclay (a daughter of Charles Barclay of Inchbrown, County of Moray). [4]
Harvey was commissioned in the Scots Guards in 1933, eventually becoming Captain. [5] During World War II, he served in Egypt from 1939 to 1945. [6] He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 1963, and High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1970, and Justice of the Peace. [1]
On 6 July 1938, Harvey was married to Diana Eira Claude Mainwaring (1914–1992) at Westminster, London. Diana was a daughter of Sir Harry Mainwaring, 5th Baronet, and the former Generis Alma Windham Williams-Bulkeley (a daughter of Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet and Lady Magdalen Yorke). He lived at Parliament Piece, [7] located on the edge of the village of Ramsbury, which sits in the Kennet Valley in the North Wessex close to the Wiltshire and Berkshire border. [8] They were the parents of two daughters: [2]
Captain Harvey died in London on 10 October 1976. [6] His widow died in 1992 at Salisbury, Wiltshire. [1]