Harriet Findlay

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Dame Harriet Jane Backhouse Findlay, DBE (b. 12 March 1880 - d. 24 July 1954) was the daughter of Sir Jonathan Edmund Backhouse, 1st Bt. (b. 15 November 1849 - d. 27 July 1918 and Florence Trelawny (d. 11 October 1902).

She married Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet (son of John Ritchie Findlay and Susan Leslie) on 9 July 1901.

She died on 24 July 1954, aged 74.

Contents 1 DBE 2 Family 3 Links 4 References

[edit] DBE

Lady Harriet Findlay was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1929 and was styled as Dame Harriet Findlay.

[edit] Family

• Husband:
• Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet (b. 13 January 1866 - d. 13 April 1930)

• Children:
• Elizabeth Findlay (b. 19?? - d. 1958)
• Sir John Edmund Ritchie Findlay, 2nd Baronet (b. 14 June 1902 - d. 6 September 1962)
• Lt.- Col. Sir Roland Lewis Findlay, 3rd Baronet (b. 14 July 1903 - d. 28 July 1979)

[edit] Links

• Peerage

[edit] References

• Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 1, page 208.