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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 that was involved in several areas of public life. Members include: * William Debonaire Haggard (1787−1866), banker, cousin of John * John Haggard (1794−1856), lawyer, cousin of William, father of Mark and great-uncle of Henry * 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 Chancell ... (1825−1854), clergyman and rower, son of John * Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856−1925), writer, great-nephew of John and father of Lilias * Sir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard (1874−1960), naval officer, nephew of Henry, brother of Godfrey and father of Hugh * ... [...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. Bradenham is situated some south-west of the town of Dereham and west of the city of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 237 – Norwich''. . History Bracon Ash's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a 'broad or spacious village. In the Domesday Book, Bradenham is recorded as a settlement of 53 households in the hundred of Greenhoe. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of William de Warenne, Ralph of Tosny and Ralph Baynard. Huntingfield Hall Farmhouse, just off Mill Street, dates from the Sixteenth Century and has been Grade II listed since 1951. In the Mid-Eighteenth Century, West Bradenham Hall was built. It was owned by the Haggard family and was the birthplace of H. Rider Haggard, it is also rumoured that Admiral Nelson stayed at the house. During the Second World War, a decoy airfield was bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and east, Cambridgeshire to the west, and Suffolk to the south. The largest settlement is the city of Norwich. The county has an area of and a population of 859,400. It is largely rural with few large towns: after Norwich (147,895), the largest settlements are King's Lynn (42,800) in the north-west, Great Yarmouth (38,693) in the east, and Thetford (24,340) in the south. For local government purposes Norfolk is a non-metropolitan county with seven districts. The centre of Norfolk is gently undulating lowland. To the east are the Broads, a network of rivers and lakes which extend into Suffolk and which are protected by the Broads Authority, which give them a similar status to a National parks of England and Wales, national park. To the west the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Debonaire Haggard
William Debonaire Haggard FSA, FRAS (2 Feb 1787 – 4 Apr 1866) was a banker of the city of London, a numismatist, and an expert on bullion. He was the Principal of the Bullion Office of the Bank of England in the 1840s. Life William Debonaire Haggard was the son of Mark Haggard, son of merchant Mark Haggard of Strafford-le-Bow. His great-grandfather was John Haggard of Old Fort House, and through him, was a second cousin twice removed of Chancellor John Haggard, member of the Haggard family of Bradenham Hall. William, Chancellor Haggard's brother, was the grandfather of writer Sir H. Rider Haggard, and great-grandfather of Admiral Sir Vernon Haggard, and British Consul General of New York Sir Godfrey Haggard. Through his son Frederick Thomas Haggard, with his wife Jane Copner, Debonaire was the grandfather of Eleanor, who married to John Edward Ivor Yale, son of lawyer William Corbet Yale of Plas-yn-Yale, member of the Yale family. Frederick was a member of the London S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Haggard
John Haggard (1794 – 31 October 1856) was an English ecclesiastical lawyer who was Chancellor of three dioceses. Family A member of the Haggard family, he was born at 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 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 1815. He took his LL.D. in 1818, and on 3 Novem ... [...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, an ... [...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 A member of the Haggard family, he was the eldest child of Alfred Hinuber Haggard and his wife Alice Geraldine Schalch Haggard, having been 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 o ... [...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 appointe ... [...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. A member of the Haggard family, she was educated at Saint Felix School in 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 ... [...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 ... [...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 U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piers Haggard
Piers Inigo Haggard, OBE (18 March 1939 – 11 January 2023) was a British director who worked in film, television, and theatre. Early life A member of the Haggard family, he was born in London, the son of Morna Gillespie and the actor, poet, and novelist Stephen Haggard. He was the great-great-nephew of the writer Sir Henry Rider Haggard. At the age of one, Haggard was evacuated with his mother and older brother Paul to New York where his paternal grandfather Godfrey Haggard was the British consul-general. Shortly after they left, his father wrote his sons a letter, which later that year was published in the '' Atlantic Monthly'' as "I'll Go to Bed at Noon: A Soldier's Letter to His Sons". Haggard and his mother returned to Britain after his brother's death from diphtheria. There a younger brother, Mark, was born. His father was a captain in the British Intelligence Corps. Sent to Egypt, he had an affair with a married woman, and when she broke off the affair, he com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Haggard
Daisy Haggard (born 1978) is an English actress and writer. She gained prominence through her roles in the BBC sitcoms ''Uncle'' (2014–2017) and ''Episodes'' (2011–2017). With Laura Solon, she co-wrote and starred in the BBC Three comedy-drama '' Back to Life'' (2019–2021). For her performance in the FX series '' Breeders'' (2020–2023), Haggard received a British Academy Television Award nomination. She also voiced Johanna, the mother of the titular character in the animated series '' Hilda'' (2018–2023). Early life and education Daisy Haggard was born in 1978, the daughter of film director Piers Haggard and Australian painter Anna Sklovsky. A member of the Haggard family, her grandfather was the actor Stephen Haggard, and her great-great-great-uncle was the author Sir Henry Rider Haggard. She was raised in Dulwich, South London, where she attended James Allen's Girls' School. She later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career In 1996, Hag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
