De Havilland family explained

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
• Marcus Goodrich (1897–1991), screenwriter and husband of Olivia
• Collier Young (1908–1980), film producer and husband of Joan

Notes and 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.