James Francis Hatfield Harter

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James Francis Hatfield Harter (1854 - 20 October 1910) was an English landowner and administrator.

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Biography

Harter owned Cranfield Court in Bedfordshire. [1] He was educated at Eton School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. [2]

Harter served as justice of the peace for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1885. [3] He was a member of the first Bedfordshire County Council on its establishment in April 1889, [4] and twice President of the Bedfordshire Agricultural Society.

In the 1890s and 1900s, Harter was a major shareholder in British railway development. [5]

Harter was an army officer in the Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, a Yeomanry regiment, where he was appointed major on 17 June 1896. [6] He was lieutenant-colonel in command of the regiment from 30 January 1900 until he resigned on 20 September 1902, when he was granted the honorary rank of colonel. [7]

He died at Cranfield Court on 20 October 1910. [2] After his death in 1910, Cranfield Village Hall was built in his memory the following year, and opened in 1912. [8]

Family

Harter married in 1887 Violet Loftus, daughter of Captain Douglas Loftus, Grenadier Guards. They had a daughter Violet Harter, who married Esmé Arkwright. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Page, William (1912). The Victoria History of the County of Bedford. A. Constable. p. 276. ISBN   978-0-7129-0534-3.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. 1 2 3 "Obituary - Mr J. F. Hatfeild Harter". The Times. No. 39409. London. 21 October 1910. p. 11.
  3. ↑ Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom. 1913. p. 547.
  4. ↑ "Bedfordshire Archive Service Catalogue".
  5. ↑ "Harter". Genesreunited.co.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1900
  7. ↑ "No. 27475". The London Gazette . 19 September 1902. p. 6024.
  8. ↑ "The Large Hall". Cranfieldvillagehall.org. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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