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Haggard Family
The Haggard family is an English familyBurke, B. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland'', 14th ed. (1925). Haggard of Bradenham, pp. 804-806. associated with Bradenham Hall in Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ... that was involved in several areas of public life. Members include: * John Haggard (1794-1856), lawyer, father of Mark and great-uncle of Henry * Mark Haggard (1825-1854), clergyman and rower, son of John * H. Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), writer, great-nephew of John and father of Lilias * Vernon Haggard, Sir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard (1874-1960), naval officer, nephew of Henry, brother of Godfrey and father of Hugh * Godfrey Haggard, Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard (1884-1969), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradenham, Norfolk
Bradenham is a village and civil parish, a conglomeration of East and West Bradenham, in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some south-west of the town of East Dereham and west of the city of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 237 – Norwich''. . Geography The civil parish has an area of 16.55 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 722 in 301 households, the population decreasing to 700 in 293 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the Breckland district.Office for National Statistics and Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes'. Retrieved 2 December 2005. The River Wissey rises in Bradenham and flows to the west whilst the River Yare rises to the east of Bradenham and flows to the east. History Bradenham derives from the Anglo-Saxon for a broad (meaning large) hamlet. Bradenham is home to St. Mary's Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea, with The Wash to the north-west. The county town is the city of Norwich. With an area of and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile (155 per km2). Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000). The Broads is a network of rivers and lakes in the east of the county, extending south into Suffolk. The area is protected by the Broads Authority and has similar status to a national park. History The area that was to become Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, (there were Palaeolithic settlers as early as 950,000 years ago) with camps along the highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Haggard
John Haggard (1794 – 31 October 1856) was an England, English ecclesiastical lawyer who was Chancellor of three dioceses. Family A member of the Haggard family, he was born at Bradfield, Hertfordshire, Bradfield, Hertfordshire, the third son of William Henry Haggard (died 1837), of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, and his wife Frances Amyand, only daughter of the Rev. Thomas Amyand. On 20 July 1820 he married Caroline Hodgson (died 21 November 1884), daughter of Mark Hodgson of Bromley. Their son Mark Haggard, Mark was a successful rower during his time at Oxford University and died of tuberculosis in 1854. Haggard's brother William was the grandfather of the writer Sir H. Rider Haggard and great-grandfather of the naval officer Sir Vernon Haggard and the diplomat Sir Godfrey Haggard. Education and career Haggard was educated at Westminster School. He entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, as a pensioner on 9 June 1807, took his LL.B. degree in 1813 and was elected a Fellow on 1 December 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Haggard
Mark Haggard (1825 – 10 April 1854) was an English clergyman and rower who won events at Henley Royal Regatta. A member of the Haggard family, he was the son of John Haggard, a lawyer, and his wife Caroline Hodgson. His father was Chancellor of Lincoln, Winchester and Manchester. Haggard was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he rowed for his college and university. In 1845 he was a member of the Oxford crew in the Boat Race. In 1846 at Henley, Haggard partnered William Milman to win Silver Wherries, beating Thomas Howard Fellows and his brother. He was also a member of the Oxford coxed four which won the Stewards' Challenge Cup. In 1847 he was a member of the Oxford eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley, beating Cambridge in a year when there was no Boat Race at Putney. He was also in the Christ Church four which won the Stewards' Challenge Cup in a row-over. In 1848 at Henley Haggard repeated the Grand Challenge Cup and Stewards' Challenge Cup wins, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Haggard
Admiral Sir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard, KCB, CMG (28 October 1874 – 30 January 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station. His career in the Royal Navy spanned forty-four years, from his entry as a youth in 1888 to his promotion to admiral in 1932. Background Haggard, the eldest child of Alfred Hinuber Haggard and his wife Alice Geraldine Schalch Haggard, was born on 28 October 1874 in Bengal, India. His father was a Bengal Civil Service official. Vernon Haggard was the nephew of prolific author Sir Henry Rider Haggard, who achieved literary fame with his romances ''King Solomon's Mines'' and '' She: A History of Adventure''. He was also the brother of diplomat Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard, who served as British Consul General at New York City during World War II. In addition, he was the uncle of actor and writer Stephen Hubert Avenel Haggard, whose life was the subject of Christopher Hassall's ''The Timeless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Haggard
Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard (6 February 1884 – 3 April 1969) was a British diplomat. His career of service spanned forty-four years, culminating with his posting as Consul General at New York, and followed by his appointment as director of the American Forces Liaison Division of the Ministry of Information. Background A member of the Haggard family, he was the third son of Alfred Hinuber Haggard, a Bengal Civil Service official, and his wife Alice Geraldine Schalch Haggard, having been born on 6 February 1884 in Wanstead, Redbridge, Essex, England. He was the nephew of prolific author Sir Henry Rider Haggard, who attained literary fame with his romances ''King Solomon's Mines'' and '' She: A History of Adventure''. In addition, he was the brother of Admiral Sir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard, who was Commander-in-Chief of the America and West Indies Station. Career Haggard's career with the Consular Service began when he was still a youth, in 1901. He was appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilias Rider Haggard
Lilias Margitson Rider Haggard, MBE (9 December 1892 – 9 January 1968) was the fourth and youngest child of the British writer Sir Henry Rider Haggard and Mariana Louisa MargitsonDawson Haggard D.,''The History of the Haggard Family in England and America: 1433-1899'' (Albany, New York, 1899) - retrieved online at on 3 October 2010 and a cousin of the naval officer Sir Vernon Haggard and the diplomat Sir Godfrey Haggard. She was educated at Saint Felix School, Southwold, Suffolk. For her work as a Voluntary Aid Detachment auxiliary nurse during the First World War, she was awarded an MBE in 1920. She was a member of Norfolk County Council from 1949 to 1952 and in 1953 was elected president of the Norfolk Rural Craftsmen's Guild. She wrote a number of books, including a biography of her father entitled ''The Cloak That I Left''. Her book ''Norfolk Life'', based on columns she wrote for the ''Eastern Daily Press'', contains an introduction by Henry Williamson. She is buried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Haggard
Hugh Alfred Vernon Haggard, DSO, DSC (21 June 1908 – 17 November 1991) was a Royal Navy officer who commanded , a T-class submarine, during World War II. ''Truant'' was one of the most successful of Britain's undersea prowlers during that war. Background A member of the Haggard family, he was the only son of Admiral Sir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard and his wife Dorothy Booker Ellis Haggard, having been born on 21 June 1908 in Stock, Essex. His father was Commander-in-Chief of the America and West Indies Station. Hugh Haggard was the nephew of diplomat Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard, who served as British Consul General at New York during World War II. He was also the grandnephew of prolific author Sir Henry Rider Haggard, who attained literary fame with his romances ''King Solomon's Mines'' and '' She: A History of Adventure''. Naval career At , Haggard was one of the tallest submarine officers in the Royal Navy. By 15 September 1925, he had become a cadet and was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Haggard
Stephen Hubert Avenel Haggard (21 March 1911 – 25 February 1943) was a British actor, writer and poet. Early life A member of the Haggard family, he was born on 21 March 1911 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, to Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard, a British diplomat, and his wife Georgianna Ruel Haggard. He was the great-nephew of author H. Rider Haggard, and the brother of photographer and author Virginia Haggard, the companion of the painter Marc Chagall. Haggard was educated at Haileybury College, where he became close to the artist-schoolmaster Wilfrid Blunt. Training and career After an initial foray into journalism, and determined to obtain some overseas experience, Haggard moved to Munich, where he studied for stage at the Munich State Theatres under Frau Magda Lena. He made his stage debut at the Schauspielhaus in October 1930 in the play '' Das kluge Kind'' directed by Max Reinhardt. He later appeared as Hamlet at the same theatre. Upon Haggard's return to the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piers Haggard
Piers Inigo Haggard, OBE (born 18 March 1939), is a British theatre, film and television director, although he has worked mostly in the latter. Haggard was born in London but grew up on a small farm in Clackmannanshire. He is the great-great-nephew of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, and the son of Morna Gillespie and the actor, poet, and novelist Stephen Haggard, who died in 1943. Haggard is married to stained glass artist Anna Sklovsky, with whom he has two children, the actress Daisy Haggard, and William Haggard who is an architect. He has four children by his first marriage, Sarah, Claire, Rachel and Philip. Haggard began his career as an assistant director at the Royal Court in 1960, then directed at Dundee Rep and Glasgow Citizens before joining the first National Theatre company in 1963 where he co-directed (John Dexter and Bill Gaskill) and assisted Laurence Olivier and Franco Zeffirelli. In 1965, he moved to BBC Television, directing plays for the anthology drama series ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Families
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