Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS (1845

Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS (1845 - 1925)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Emily Florence HARRIS (1872 - 1964) Eva Hamlyn HARRIS (1874 - 1950) Eric Hamly HARRIS (1876 - 1895) Noel Henry HARRIS (1877 - 1960) Vida Hamlyn HARRIS (1880 - 1965) Geoffrey Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS (1881 - 1964) Nettie Huntingdon HARRIS (1884 - 1976) Eliza Amelia "Nell" HARRIS (1885 - 1968) Edna Hamlyn HARRIS (1888 - 1974) Bertha HARRIS (1889 - 1987) Clement Wallington "Clem" HARRIS (1891 - 1963) George Thomas HARRIS (1893 - 1957) Hamlyn Lavicount Vervon "Vernon" HARRIS (1896 - 1953)	Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS (1845 - 1925) + Emily Lucy Louisa SHELLEY (1851 - 1937)

Pic P1. Inscription
In Loving Memory Of
Hamlyn Lavicount Harris
Died 5th July 1925
Aged 80 Years
I Have Fought The Good Fight

Emily Louy Louisa Harris
Died 30th May 1937
Aged 85 Years
The Beloved Of The Lord Shall Dwell In Safety

Pic S1. Inscription
In Loving Memory Of
Hamlyn Lavicount Harris
Died 5th July 1925
Aged 80 Years
I Have Fought The Good Fight

Emily Louy Louisa Harris
Died 30th May 1937
Aged 85 Years
The Beloved Of The Lord Shall Dwell In Safety

Pic 1. Inscription
In Loving Memory Of
Hamlyn Lavicount Harris
Died 5th July 1925
Aged 80 Years
I Have Fought The Good Fight

Emily Louy Louisa Harris
Died 30th May 1937
Aged 85 Years
The Beloved Of The Lord Shall Dwell In Safety

Pic 2. Inscription
In Loving Memory Of
Hamlyn Lavicount Harris
Died 5th July 1925
Aged 80 Years
I Have Fought The Good Fight

Emily Louy Louisa Harris
Died 30th May 1937
Aged 85 Years
The Beloved Of The Lord Shall Dwell In Safety

b. 16 Aug 1845 at Madras, India

m. 1872 Emily Lucy Louisa SHELLEY (1851 - 1937)

d. 05 Jul 1925 aged 79

Near Relatives of Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS (1845 - 1925)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	George William SHELLEY	1812	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	1852	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	40
Mother in Law	Amelia Matilda WADDY	1817		1896		79

Self	Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS	16 Aug 1845	Madras, India	05 Jul 1925		79

Wife	Emily Lucy Louisa SHELLEY	14 Sep 1851	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	30 May 1937	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85

Daughter	Emily Florence HARRIS	1872	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	1964		92
Daughter	Eva Hamlyn HARRIS	1874	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	1950		76
Son	Eric Hamly HARRIS	10 May 1876	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	19 Sep 1895	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	19
Son	Noel Henry HARRIS	1877	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	1960	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	83
Daughter	Vida Hamlyn HARRIS	1880	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	1965		85
Son	Geoffrey Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS	28 Oct 1881	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	24 Jul 1964	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	82
Daughter	Nettie Huntingdon HARRIS	1884	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	1976	New South Wales, Australia	92
Daughter	Eliza Amelia "Nell" HARRIS	1885	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	22 May 1968	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	83
Daughter	Edna Hamlyn HARRIS	1888	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	08 Mar 1974	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	86
Daughter	Bertha HARRIS	1889	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	1987		98
Son	Clement Wallington "Clem" HARRIS	1891	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	1963	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	72
Son	George Thomas HARRIS	1893		1957		64
Son	Hamlyn Lavicount Vervon "Vernon" HARRIS	1896	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia	Nov 1953	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	57

Son in Law	Arthur Ernest Neville STACY	1870		1935		65
Daughter in Law	Lucy Jane SHELLEY	1879	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1968		89
Son in Law	William Elliot NIXON	1886		1965		79
Daughter in Law	Myra Beatrice EMANUEL	1882	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	1950	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	68
Son in Law	Edward WALKER	1873		1966		93
Son in Law	Henry SCOTT	1882		14 May 1966	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	84
Daughter in Law	Marion Leonora Doreen RIGBY	1904		1997		93
Daughter in Law	Olive Marie PROUDFOOT	abt 1897		23 Jan 1980		83

Grandson	Frederick L HARRIS	1912	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

Nephew	Edward Charles BROWN	01 Mar 1856	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	09 Nov 1932	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	76
Nephew	Arthur William BROWN	15 May 1857	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	18 Oct 1857	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Arthur Henry BROWN	1858	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	1947		89
Niece	Fanny Louisa BROWN	1860	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	1932	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Effie Matilda BROWN	05 Dec 1862	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	02 Apr 1880	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	17
Nephew	Walter Bland BROWN	1864	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Amelia Sydney BROWN	1866	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	1949	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	83
Niece	Emily Hamlyn BROWN	1869	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	1967	Sydney Cove, New South Wales, Australia	98
Niece	Rosie Blowering BROWN	1871	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	13 Feb 1960	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	89
Nephew	Malcolm George BROWN	1873	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Ethel Vyner BROWN	1874	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Teresa MacDonald BROWN	1876	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	1962		86
Niece	Daisy Blanch BROWN	1878	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	1958	New South Wales, Australia	80
Niece	Miriam Newton BROWN	12 Nov 1880	Blowering, New South Wales, Australia	30 Jun 1959	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	78
Nephew	Rowland George Mansfield SHELLEY	1872	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1964		92
Nephew	Hector Harold SHELLEY	1876	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1959		83
Nephew	Walter Mansfield SHELLEY	1878	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1961		83
Niece	Lucy Jane SHELLEY	1879	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1968		89
Nephew	Edgar Herbert SHELLEY	1882	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1971		89

Sister in Law	Amelia Matilda SHELLEY	21 Sep 1836	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	27 Aug 1922	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Jane SHELLEY	1838	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	1866		28
Sister in Law	Georgina Frederica SHELLEY	1840	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1918		78
Brother in Law	George Waddy SHELLEY	1842	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1907		65
Brother in Law	William John SHELLEY	1844	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1922		78
Brother in Law	Rowland Mansfield SHELLEY	1847	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	31 Dec 1932	Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Jane Antoinette SHELLEY	1849	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1907		58

Events in Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS (1845 - 1925)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
16 Aug 1845		Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS was born	Madras, India		73
1872	27	Birth of daughter Emily Florence HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia
1872	27	Married Emily Lucy Louisa SHELLEY (aged 21)			73
1874	29	Birth of daughter Eva Hamlyn HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia
10 May 1876	30	Birth of son Eric Hamly HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia		76
1877	32	Birth of son Noel Henry HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia
1880	35	Birth of daughter Vida Hamlyn HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia
28 Oct 1881	36	Birth of son Geoffrey Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia
1884	39	Birth of daughter Nettie Huntingdon HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia
1885	40	Birth of daughter Eliza Amelia "Nell" HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia		76
1888	43	Birth of daughter Edna Hamlyn HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia		76
1889	44	Birth of daughter Bertha HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia
1891	46	Birth of son Clement Wallington "Clem" HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia
1893	48	Birth of son George Thomas HARRIS
19 Sep 1895	50	Death of son Eric Hamly HARRIS (aged 19)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		76
1896	51	Birth of son Hamlyn Lavicount Vervon "Vernon" HARRIS	Wermatong, New South Wales, Australia		76
05 Jul 1925	79	Hamlyn Lavicount HARRIS died			76

Source References:

73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004

- Reference = page 99 - 101 (Birth)

- Reference = page 99 - 101 (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Hamlyn Laviscount Harris was born on 16 August 1845 at Madras, South India. He was one of eight children of Major General H.L. Harris who spent 35 years in the Madras Army. In England, when Hamlyn Harris was nineteen, he chanced to meet Mrs. Brown, the mother of Edward George Brown who then owned Blowering Station.

Mrs. Brown advised the young man to go to Australia and gave him a letter to her son. His passage paid, Hamlyn Harris was given £20 and, sailing on the Orwell he arrived in Sydney on 25 February 1864 and immediately travelled as far as Gundagai by Cobb & Co. coach, crossing the Tumut River by the punt on the Old Kiandra Road. The first day in Tumut was spent at the home of Mrs. George Shelley at Tumut Plains Station and it was then he met Emily Shelley, the twelve-year-old girl who became his wife eight years later.

For the first four years in Australia young Hamlyn Harris worked for E.G Brown on his Blowering and Lacmalac Stations. From there he went to work on station properties at Grenfell and Bombala. Saving some money and with £1,544, his share from his father's estate, he purchased a property at Tomorroma which put him on the road to success.

In 1872 Hamlyn Harris married Emily Shelley and became brother-in-law to E.G Brown who had married Emily's sister Amelia. The same year the brothers-in-law purchased Tumut Plains Station from Mrs. George Shelley but she retained the original free grant of 1,280 acres which her husband had acquired from James Hannibal Rose.

The station purchased by them totalled 2,166 acres for which they paid Mrs. Shelley £3,200. One of the first jobs given out at Wermatong, a sub-station, was to Peter Moran and Thomas Eggleton to supply split timber for a stockyard at a total cost of £24. Split posts with three mortice holes were £3 a hundred; split posts with two mortice holes were £2 a hundred; 687 split rails and six round poles for capping. The erection cost of 1 shilling and 3 pence a rod.

The first sheep were introduced onto the property at Wermatong in 1879. In 1884 they shore 7,175 sheep and for the six succeeding years the shearing varied between six and seven thousand sheep. Before shearing all sheep were washed at the Washpen Lagoon.

In 1881 Hamlyn Harris bought Hugh Mcleary's selection near the junction of the Tumut and Goobarragandra Rivers and the same year acquired large leases at Bondo and Shaking Bog on which they depastured sheep in the summer months.

Wermatong saw its peak year in 1889 when there were 7,000 sheep and 1,300 head of cattle on the station. Rent from tobacco and maize farms exceeded £1,000 a year but wool was below 1/- a pound. In 1892 and 1893 they were faced with great financial difficulties. The flock of 6,000 sheep had to be reduced to 4,000 but recovering six months later they bought 2,000 Grubben ewes for 3/- a head. In 1893 twelve banking companies closed their doors. (The Bank NSW remained open.) On top of this setback came a very dry season. Sheep were dying in hundreds and 2,000 ewes had to be sent to Garner's boiling down works on the Goobarragandra River. Hamlyn Harris was determined to go out of sheep and rent the river flats to tenant farmers to grow maize and tobacco. Then the tobacco firms declined to buy the tobacco leaf and when blue mould set in the tenant farmers gave up their farms.

In 1896 Hamlyn Harris bought E.G. Brown's share and became the sole owner of Wermatong. In 1897 two dairies were established on the property.

Hamlyn and his wife had thirteen children - all born at Wermatong. There was never a doctor or trained nurse in attendance at any of the births and this was typical of the women pioneers. There were six sons;

> Geoffrey Harris,
> Eric Harris,
> Noel Harris,
> Clem Harris,
> Thomas Harris,
> Vernon Harris who had a son, Peter Harris.

And there were seven daughters;
> Florence Harris (married A.N. Stacy),
> Vida Harris (married a Mr. Nixon),
> Nettie Harris (married a Mr. Walker),
> Nell Harris (married a Mr. Scott),
> Bertha Harris,
> Eva Harris (married a Mr. Meecham),
> Edna Harris.

In 1899 Hanrlyn Harris's son Geoffrey Harris, before he reached the age of eighteen, enlisted with the Australian Light Horse Regiment and went to the Boer War in South Africa. Dr. Mason presented him with a fine remount which he took with him. On his return to Australia he received a Commission and returned to South Africa.

In 1902 Geoffrey Harris purchased land in the New Hebrides and became an agent for Burns Philp & Co. In l9l2 he married Myra Emmanuel, daughter of Nathaniel Emmanuel and settled on a property on Tumut Plains, being part of Wermatong and which was a gift of his father.

When World War I broke out in 1914, Geoffrey Harris was the first man in Tumut to enlist. He served with distinction at Gallipoli. On 7 August 1915 his Company (only 200 strong) was reduced to 54 - the rest were either killed or wounded. In 1916 he had been promoted to Captain and was wounded on two separate occasions. He served throughout the Palestine Campaign, was promoted to Major, and awarded the Military Cross. Later, after his retirement, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel.

Three of Geoffrey Harris's brothers - Clem Harris, Vernon Harris, and Thomas Harris also served with the Light Horse in Palestine. Clem Harris and Thomas Harris received severe wounds and Vernon Harris contracted fever. After four years active service they returned to resume their normal occupations.

During 1910 a considerable number of farms on Tumut Plains and Wermatong were sold to tenant farmers. Some were sold to investors. The highest price obtained was L32 an acre for a block sold to Dr. Browne, a local medical practitioner. In January 1922Hanlyn Harris transferred Wermatong to Noel Harris and Clem Harris and his son-in-law A.N. Stacy as trustees for the members of the family.

Hamlyn L. Harris, who was held in esteem and affection by his many friends, died in July 1925 at the age of 80 years and his wife died in 1937 aged 86. Descendants still own a large portion of the Wermatong Station property.

- Reference = page 100 (Marriage)

76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198334814/hamlyn-lavicount-harris (Name, Notes)

- Notes: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Mon 13 Jul 1925
MR. H. L. HARRIS.
The late Mr. Hamlyn L. Harris, of Wermatong, Tumut, who died on July 5, was born in the East Indies in 1845, and was the son of Major-General H. L. Harris, 15th Regt. Madras Native Infantry, E.I.C.S. He was educated at Clifton College, England, and came to Australia in 1864. In 1872, in conjunction with the Into Mr. E. G. Brown, he bought most of the Tumut Plains Estate, and became managing partner, living at Wermatong. He married Miss Emily Shelley, daughter of Mr. George Shelley, who, with his brother, was the first landowner in the Tumut district. In 1895, he became the sole owner of tho estate. He was a Freemason, a member of tho Tumut A. and P. Association,and a stanch adherent of the Church of England, having acted as warden, choir assistant, and lay reader. He was, In his earlier days,a keen cricketer, and a good amateur actor.
He is survived by a widow and 12 children.

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198334846/emily-lucy_louisa-harris (Death)

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