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John Granville Harkness
John Granville Harkness, J.P. (29 January 1831 – 22 June 1900) was a major-general in the British Army during the Victorian era. Early life Harkness was born 29 January 1831 at Limehouse, London, to John Samuel Harkness, MD (1797–1842) and his wife Anne Harriette, née Eliot (1807–1884). As such, he descended from Northern Irish doctors on his paternal side and from a significant British military family on his maternal side. This side included his grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel William Granville Eliot RHA, his great-grandfather Colonel Francis Perceval Eliot, his gg-grandfather, General Granville Elliott and his ggg-grandfather Major-General Roger Elliott. He was also a great-nephew of Captain Edward John Eliot. During the 1830s, his family moved to Ivy Lodge, London Road, Ore, Hastings, Sussex, where he attended the Misses Borrow's Preparatory School, Hastings, and later Temple School, Brighton. Military career Harkness entered the army on 13 May 1853 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limehouse, London
Limehouse is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is east of Charing Cross, on the northern bank of the River Thames. Its proximity to the river has given it a strong maritime character, which it retains through its riverside public houses and steps, such as The Grapes, Limehouse, The Grapes and Limehouse Stairs. It is part of the Historic counties of England, traditional county of Middlesex. It became part of the ceremonial County of London following the passing of the Local Government Act 1888, and then part of Greater London in 1965. It is located between Stepney to the west and north, Mile End and Bow, London, Bow to the northwest, Poplar, London, Poplar to the east, and Canary Wharf and Millwall to the south, and stretches from the end of Cable Street and Butcher Row in the west to Stainsby Road near Bartlett Park in the east, and from West India Dock, West India Dock (South Dock) and the River Thames in the south to Salmon Lane and Rhodeswel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
