James Francis Hatfield Harter

James Francis Hatfield Harter (1854 - 1910) was an English landowner and administrator. He owned Cranfield Court in Bedfordshire.[1] Harter had served as the Justice of the Peace for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1885.[2]

In the 1890s and 1900s, Harter was a major shareholder in British railway development.[3] After his death in 1910, Cranfield Village Hall was built in his memory the following year, and opened in 1912.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Page, William (1912). The Victoria History of the County of Bedford. A. Constable. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-7129-0534-3.
  2. ↑ Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom. 1913. p. 547.
  3. ↑ "Harter". Genesreunited.co.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Large Hall". Cranfieldvillagehall.org. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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