Lorne Carr-Harris
Lorne Howland Carr-Harris was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was the goaltender of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He was a member of the team that won World Championship bronze in 1924.
Family
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 met his future wife Ellen Jane Fitton, the daughter of local entrepreneur and land owner R. W. Fitton, Esquire, M.D. in Bathurst, Ontario, and his wife, a daughter of William Johnson Munro, son of Captain John Munro UE. 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] 1879 and afterward professor of general engineering at Queen's University. She died in Kingston on February 23, 1890, leaving four sons and two daughters: Mary Alexandria ; Ferguson ; Dale ; Margaret ; Robert ; Athol ; Grant ; Guy ; Lorne ;
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, lived 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.