De Havilland family

The de Havilland family is an Anglo-Norman family, belonging to landed gentry that originated from mainland Normandy and settled in Guernsey in the Middle Ages. ^[1] A branch of the family resided for many years at Havilland Hall near Saint Peter Port 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 (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 (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 (1908–1991), actor and husband of Joan
• Lilian Fontaine (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

Family tree

Geoffrey de Havilland section of the family tree

Alice Jeannette (née Saunders) 1854–1911 Rev. Charles de Havilland 1854–1920 Walter de Havilland 1872–1968 Lilian Fontaine (Ruse) 1886–1975 Ivon Molesworth Charles Jordan de Havilland 1879–1905 Louise Thomas -1949 Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland 1882–1965 Joan Mary Frith 1900–1974 Hereward de Havilland 1894–1976 Marcus Goodrich 1897–1991 Olivia Mary de Havilland 1916–2020 Pierre Galante 1909-1998 Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland 1917–2013 William McElroy Dozier 1908–1991 son Geoffrey de Havilland Jr. 1910–1946 John de Havilland 1918–1943 son daughter daughter

References

1. Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 1 (1882), De Havilland of Havilland Hall.