Roger Harvey

Captain
Roger Harvey
DL JP
High Sheriff of Wiltshire
In office
1970–1970
Preceded byEdward Lancelot Luce
Succeeded byJames Ian Morrison
Personal details
Born
Roger Edward Lennox Harvey

(1913-04-06)6 April 1913
Horsham, West Sussex
Died10 October 1976(1976-10-10) (aged 63)
London
Spouse
Diana Eira Claude Mainwaring
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(m. 1938; died 1976)​
ChildrenCarola 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.

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

References

Notes
  1. ^ Harvey is sometimes referred to as Roger Lennox Edward Harvey.[1]
Sources
  1. ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3751.
  2. ^ a b Hammond, Peter W. editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 817.
  3. ^ a b "Beedingwood House". Medium.com. Medium. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b Burke, Sir Bernard (1921). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain. Burke Publishing Company. p. 858. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b Morris, Susan (20 April 2020). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019. eBook Partnership. pp. 1606, 1700. ISBN 978-1-9997670-5-1. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Capt. Roger Edward Lennox Harvey". The Daily Telegraph. 12 Oct 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  7. ^ "PARLIAMENT PIECE, Ramsbury - 1183680". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  8. ^ "PARLIAMENT PIECE RAMSBURY • WILTSHIRE" (PDF). savills.com. Savills. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  9. ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1973. p. 1779. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  10. ^ Miss Carola Harvey, Country Life, Portrait February 1, 1962 Vol. CXXXI No. 3387
  11. ^ "Freddie Stockdale obituary | Colourful aristocrat who created his own country-house opera company". The Times. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  12. ^ "John J. Astor Weds Fiona Harvey". The New York Times. 19 July 1970. Retrieved 27 July 2023.