George Henry Caton Haigh
George Henry Caton Haigh | |
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| Born | 1860 |
| Died | 11 February 1941 |
| Nationality | British |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
George Henry Caton Haigh (1860 – 11 February 1941) FZS, MBOU, DL, was a world authority on Himalayan flowering trees and exotic plants.[1] He was also a famous ornithologist and his manuscript collection is lodged in The Natural History Museum.
He was the eldest of five sons and three daughters[2] of George Henry Haigh DL JP (1829–1887), of a Lincolnshire landed gentry family of Scottish origin, and Emma Jane Adelaide (1828–1919), daughter of politician Sir Robert Way Harty, 1st Baronet, of Dublin.[3]
He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1912.
References
[edit]- ^ The Finest Gardens in Wales, Tony Russell, Amberley Publishing, 2015
- ^ The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire for 1881, The Baronetage and Knightage, Joseph Foster, Nichols and Sons, 1881, p. 294
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, sixth edition, vol. I, Bernard Burke, Harrison, 1879, p. 707
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