The de Havilland family is an Anglo- Norman family, belonging to

landed gentry The landed gentry, or the gentry (sometimes collectively known as the squirearchy), is a largely historical Irish and British social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate. It is t ...

that originated from mainland

Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...

and settled in

Guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...

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 near

Saint Peter Port St. Peter 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. Peter Port is a small tow ...

in Guernsey.

Family members by birth

* Peter de Havilland (1747–1821), Bailiff of Guernsey and great-grandfather of Walter * Thomas de Havilland (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 (British Army and Royal Marines), Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. De Havilland, The aircraft company he founded produced the de Havilland Mosquit ...

(1882–1965), founder of the aircraft company * Hereward de Havilland (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 and 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 tim ...

(1916–2020), British-American actress, daughter of Walter and sister of Joan * Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, known as Joan Fontaine (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 (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 Lilian Augusta Fontaine (née Ruse, formerly de Havilland; 11 June 1886 – 20 February 1975) was an English actress and mother of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine. Early years Fontaine was born Lilian Augusta Ruse in Reading, Berkshire ...

(1886–1975), actress and wife of Walter and mother of Olivia and Joan * Marcus Goodrich (1897–1991), screenwriter and husband of Olivia * Collier Young (1908–1980), film producer and husband of Joan * Pierre Galante (died 1998), journalist and husband of Olivia

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References

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