Henry Drury Harness [SEP] date of death
Henry Drury Harness
General Sir Henry Drury Harness (29 April 1804 – 10 February 1883) was a British soldier who held several notable civil posts during his career.
Early life.
Henry Drury Harness was son of John Harness, M.D., commissioner of the Transport Board; William Harness was his elder brother. Henry Drury Harness graduated from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1825, but had to wait two years for a commission. During this interim period he studied mining engineering at silver mines in Mexico.
Webber was appointed to join his father-in-law as one of the Dysart Trustees.
Charles Edmund Webber died in Margate, Kent in 1904 and is buried in the churchyard of St Margaret of Antioch, Lee Green.
Works.
Webber published several works during the course of his career and edited a biography of Henry Drury Harness. His contribution on Light Railways to the Encyclopædia Britannica was published several years after his death.
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