Harold Danckwerts
Sir Harold Otto Danckwerts
(1949-1969).Career
One of three sons and one daughter of William Otto Adolph Julius Danckwerts (German, but raised in South Africa and naturalised British) and Mary Caroline Lowther, Danckwerts was educated at Winchester College, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard University.[1] He was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1913.[1] In World War I he served with the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry and the Machine Gun Corps, achieving the rank of Captain, and was mentioned in despatches.[1]
He was appointed a Justice of the
Personal life
His first marriage was in East Yorkshire in 1918; his second in London in 1969. His part-time residence was 4 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn and his probate was sworn in his year of death at £9,526 (equivalent to about £60,000 in 2021).[2]