Harry Livesey

Who was Harry Livesey?

Sir Harry Livesey GBE 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 in 1918 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 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 and owned Ascot Place from 1907 to 1911. He died in Monte Carlo aboard his yacht Jeannette on 21 June 1932.