Lorne Carr-Harris

Lorne Carr-Harris
Position	Goaltender
Teams	British Army
National team	Great Britain
Born	December 15, 1899, Hull, QC, CAN
Died	April 7, 1981, Ontario, CAN
Playing Career	1923 – 1924

Lorne Howland Carr-Harris (December 15, 1899 – April 7, 1981) was a Canadian-born goaltender who won a bronze medal with the British National Team at the 1924 Winter Olympics. He played four games at the tournament.

His grandfather was Alexander Harris (writer) who married Ursula Carr in 1842. They had several children including a son, Robert Carr Harris, who was born in 1843.

His father Professor Robert-Carr-Harris (1891–1936) met his future wife Ellen Jane Fitton Carr-Harris- the daughter of local entrepreneur and land owner R. W. Fitton, Esquire, M.D. in Bathurst, Ontario, and his wife, a daughter of Donald Monro of Fowlis. In 1875, the couple resided at Somersetvale Bathurst, a 2000-acre estate. The couple purchased the Somerset Vale farm and Robert Carr Harris became a business man running a sawmill at the mouth of Carter's Brook on the west side of the Bathurst Harbour.

Robert-Carr-Harris patented the “Railway Screw Snow Excavator” Snow blower in 1870. Robert-Carr-Harris was professor of civil engineering at Royal Military College of Canada in 1879 and afterward professor of general engineering at Queen's University. She died in Kingston in February 23, 1890, leaving four sons and two daughters: Mary Alexandria (b. Mar 1, 1875); Ferguson (b. Dec 25, 1877); Dale (b. Feb 14, 1878); Margaret (b. Jul 4, 1878); Robert (b. April 1881); Athol (b. Sep 1883); Grant (b. Jun 1898); Guy (b. Jun 1898); Lorne (b. Dec 1899);[5] All of his brothers and two of his cousins were cadets at RMC. Lorne's brother Captain Ernest Dale Carr-Harris, R.E. was killed in action in Tanzania, Africa on November 3, 1914. One daughter, Mrs. J. A. Gunn, livef at Cairo, Egypt. Professor Carr-Harris married, secondly, June 6, 1896, Miss Bertha Wright, of Ottawa.

His brother Brian Carr-Harris played for Great Britain in the 1931 World Championship. His son, John Carr-Harris played for the Washington Lions of the American Hockey League.

Born in Kingston, Ontario, he joined the British Army and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1917. Carr-Harris served with the British army and was posted to India for 13 years. He was stationed in the UK in 1924. The British Army hockey team formed the backbone of the British team at the Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.

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