The de Havilland family is an

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family, belonging to

landed gentry The landed gentry, or the ''gentry'', is a largely historical British social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate. While distinct from, and socially below, the British peerage, th ...

that originated from mainland

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and settled in

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

in the

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.Sir Bernard Burke, ''Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland'', vol. 1 (1882), De Havilland of Havilland Hall. A branch of the family resided for many years at

Havilland Hall Havilland Hall is the largest privately owned estate on the island of Guernsey, and lies close to Saint Peter Port. The current house was built in 1830 for Lt Col Thomas de Havilland. It is home to the British property developer David Rowland ...

near

Saint Peter Port St. Peter Port (french: Saint-Pierre Port) is a town and one of the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2019 was 18,958. St. ...

in Guernsey.

Family members by birth

* Peter de Havilland (1747–1821),

Bailiff of Guernsey The title Bailiff of Guernsey has been used since at least the 13th century and indicated the leading citizen of Guernsey. The 90th and current Bailiff is Richard McMahon. History A ''Bailli'', the early Norman name for Bailiff was the perso ...

and great-grandfather of Walter *

Thomas de Havilland Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Fiott de Havilland (April 1775 – 23 February 1866) was a British Army officer and engineer in the Madras Presidency. He later served as a justice and member of the legislature of Guernsey. De Havilland was born in April ...

(1775–1866), army officer and son of Sir Peter * Walter de Havilland (1872–1968), British patent attorney and Go player, half-uncle of Sir Geoffrey *

Geoffrey de Havilland Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. The aircraft company he founded produced the Mosquito, which has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built,D ...

(1882–1965), founder of the aircraft company *

Hereward de Havilland Hereward de Havilland (2 December 1894 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire – 12 September 1976 in Australia) was a pioneer British aviator, test pilot and member of the de Havilland company. One of the three sons of Rev. Charles de Havilland, he was ...

(1894–1976), British aviator, brother of Sir Geoffrey * Geoffrey de Havilland Jr. (1910–1946), test pilot, son of Sir Geoffrey *

Olivia de Havilland Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British-American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her time. ...

(1916–2020), British-American actress, daughter of Walter and sister of Joan * Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, known as

Joan Fontaine Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". Fontaine appeared ...

(1917–2013), British-American actress, daughter of Walter and sister of Olivia * John de Havilland (1918–1943), test pilot, son of Sir Geoffrey * Will de Havilland (born 1994), English professional footballer

Family members by marriage

Brian Aherne William Brian de Lacy Aherne (2 May 190210 February 1986) was an English actor of stage, screen, radio and television, who enjoyed a long and varied career in Britain and the United States. His first Broadway appearance in '' The Barretts of ...

(1902–1986), actor and husband of Joan *

William Dozier William McElroy Dozier (; February 13, 1908 – April 23, 1991) was an American film and television producer, writer and actor. He is best known for two television series, ''Batman'' and ''The Green Hornet''. Early life Dozier was born in Omaha, ...

(1908–1991), actor and husband of Joan * Lilian Fontaine (1886–1975), actress and wife of Walter * Marcus Goodrich (1897–1991), screenwriter and husband of Olivia * Collier Young (1908–1980), film producer and husband of Joan

References

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