Harry Eve
Sir Harry Trelawney Eve was an English barrister, judge and Liberal Party politician.
Family and education
Harry Trelawney Eve was born in London. He was the only son of Thomas Eve, a Jamaica merchant. He was educated privately and at Exeter College, Oxford where he gained his BA degree in 1876 and his MA in 1883.On 24 June 1879, Eve married Beatrice Wright, daughter of Henry Strangways Hounsell, a medical doctor from Torquay. They moved to Crouch End, initially occupying Holne House on Totteham Lane, before moving to Hermiston on Middle Lane. By 1911, they had moved to West Kensington. They had one son and two daughters.
Harry Trelawney Eve was building "Forder Gardens" in South Devon for his son, when he died in action. The house was left incomplete, with only the walls and Gate houses left behind.
Career
Eve went in for the law. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1881, practised at the Chancery Bar and took silk in 1895. He became a bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1899. In 1907 he was appointed to be a judge in the Chancery Division and he served in that capacity until 1937 when he retired. He was asked to sit in the Court of Appeal on many occasions but was never promoted to sit there permanently.Eve was also a farmer. He owned land in Devon and farmed it professionally. He was particularly interested in the breeding of South Devon cattle. He listed farming as a recreation in Who's Who and was member of the Farming Club.
Eve had other business and financial interests too. In 1907 he was elected as a director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.