Harry Livesey Explained

Sir Harry Livesey
Office:Director of Contracts, Admiralty
Term Start:May 1917
Term End:December 1918
Office2:Deputy Director of Inland Waterways and Docks, War Office
Term Start2:August 1916
Term End2:May 1917
Birth Date:30 May 1860
Death Place:Monte Carlo, Monaco
Occupation:Civil engineer

Sir Harry Livesey GBE (30 May 1860  - 21 June 1932) was a British civil engineer.

Livesey served as Deputy Director of Inland Waterways and Docks at the War Office from August 1916 to May 1917, when he became Director of Contracts at the Admiralty, holding the post until December 1918.

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1918 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.

He built Trull's Hatch, originally as a stud farm on his father's estate in Rotherfield and later as his own country house[1] and owned Ascot Place from 1907 to 1911.[2] He died in Monte Carlo aboard his yacht Jeannette on 21 June 1932.

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  1. Web site: James Livesey and Son | Development of Trull's Hatch . 2014-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140520220354/http://liveseyandson.tumblr.com/post/80253771908/development-of-trulls-hatch . 2014-05-20 .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 20 May 2014 . 21 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031442/http://www.u3atvnetwork.org.uk/Historic_Pathways_Winfield_Walk.pdf . dead .