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Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison 1908–1990 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 March 1908

Birth Location: Huyton with Roby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England

Death Date: 2 June 1990

Death Location: Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States of America

Father: William Harrison

Mother: Edith Carey

Spouse(s): Lilli Palmer, Noel Thomas

Children(s): Noel Harrison

Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison was born in 1908 in Huyton with Roby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England, the child of William Reginald Harrison And Edith Mary Carey. Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison married Joan Elizabeth Rees Williams, Kay Kendall, Lilli Palmer, Mercia Tinker, Noel Marjorie Collette Thomas, Rachel Roberts, and had children including Carey Harrison, Noel John Harrison. Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison passed away in 1990 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison was born in 1908 in Huyton with Roby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England, the child of William Reginald Harrison And Edith Mary Carey.
  • Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison married Joan Elizabeth Rees Williams, Kay Kendall, Lilli Palmer, Mercia Tinker, Noel Marjorie Collette Thomas, Rachel Roberts, and had children including Carey Harrison, Noel John Harrison.
  • Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison passed away in 1990 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States of America.

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Sir Harrison's Ancestors

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Sir Harrison
1908–1990
Birth Place: Huyton with Roby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England
Parents
William Reginald Harrison
1872–1948
Childwall, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Edith (Mary) Carey
1868–1953
Prescot, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England
Grandparents
Eustace (Carey) Jr
1836–1915
Surrey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Mary (Jane) Picard
1838–1892
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Eustace Carey
1791–1855
Esther Cook
1801–1884
Thomas Picard
1808–1846
Mary McDonald
1810–1850
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Carey
1769–1822

Sir Harrison's Descendants

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Sir (Reginald “Rex” Carey) Harrison (5 March 1908–2 June 1990) m. Lilli Palmer (24 May 1914–27 January 1986) m. Noel (Marjorie Collette) Thomas (1908–)
  1. 1. Noel (John) Harrison 1934–2013

Sir Harrison's Timeline

2 Records

1908
5 March 1908
Birth of Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison in Huyton with Roby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England
Huyton with Roby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England
1990
2 June 1990
Age 82
Death of Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States of America
Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 March 1908
    Event Place: Huyton with Roby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 June 1990
    Event Place: Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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