Harold Marsh Harwood (1874 - 1959)

Born 29 Mar 1874 in Eccles, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Fryniwyd Tennyson (Jesse) Harwood — married 1918 in London, England

Died 20 Apr 1959 at age 85 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Harold Harwood was born in 1874, the son of George Harwood and Alice Marsh. As well as his business activities he also became a physician, playwright, screenwriter and theatre manager.^[1][2]

From Alumni Cantabrigienses, vol. 2:
HARWOOD, HAROLD MARSH. Adm. pens. at Trinity, June 18, 1892. [Elder] s. of George, M.P., of Brown!ow Fold, Bolton, Lancs, [and Alice Marsh]. B. Mar. 29, 1874, in Manchester. School, Marlborough College (Mr Bell). Matric. 1892; B.A. 1895; M.B., B.C. and M.A. 1900. At St Thomas's Hospital. House Physician there. Went into business; Managing Director and Chairman of Richard Harwood and Sons, cotton spinners, of Bolton. Chairman of the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers' Association, 1940. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., R.A.M.C.; in France and Egypt). Lessee of the Ambassador's Theatre, London, 1919-32, producing several successful plays. Dramatic author, Grain of Mustard Seed; The Transit of Venus; Man in Possession; Social Convenience; The Old Folks at Home; London Front; While London Burns, etc. Of Pear Tree Cottage, 11, Melina Place, St John's Wood, London, N.W., in 1944. (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Who's Who in the Theatre; Who's Who; Medical Directories.)

"In 1918 [Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse] secretly married H(arold) M(arsh) Harwood (1874-1959), and subsequently worked with him on several plays, including Billeted 1920, The Pelican 1926, and How to be Healthy Though Married 1930, as well as a series of letters of World War II to US friends, collected as London Front 1940 and While London Burns 1942." - Hutchinson's Encyclopedia on line, article on F. Tennyon-Jesse.

He died in 1959.

Sources

1. ↑ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2011). Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. Scarecrow Press. pp. 29–33. ISBN 9780810877849.
2. ↑ Clarence Barnhart (1967). New Century Handbook of English Literature. p. 543.

• Index to England & Wales General Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths.
• UK Census, 1881.
• Alumni Cantabrigienses.
• Hutchinson's Encyclopaedia on line [1]
• Bolton's Mayors web site [2]
• Wikipedia [3]