Haggard family

The Haggard family is an English family[1] 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 (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
  • Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard (1884−1969), diplomat, nephew of Henry, brother of Vernon and father of Stephen
  • Lilias Margitson Rider Haggard, (1892−1968), writer, daughter of Henry and cousin of Vernon and Godfrey
  • Hugh Alfred Vernon Haggard (1908−1991), naval officer, son of Vernon
  • Stephen Hubert Avenel Haggard (1911−1943), actor and writer, son of Godfrey and father of Piers
  • Piers Inigo Haggard (1939−2023), theater and film director, son of Stephen and father of Daisy
  • Celia Daisy Morna Haggard (1978−), actress, daughter of Piers

References

  1. ^ Burke, B. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 14th ed. (1925). Haggard of Bradenham, pp. 804-806.