Family Life
In 1792, Harford married Louisa Pigou, who was a granddaughter of Frederick Pigou, director of the British East India Company. Her father, Peter Pigou, had been in partnership with Benjamin Booth in the tea trade in New York and was therefore indirectly involved in events leading up to the Boston Tea Party.
The couple had five children:
- Henry, born about 1793, died in infancy.
- Louisa Ann, born about 1794
- Frances, born about 1796
- Fredericka Louisa Elizabeth. born about 1797
- Frederick Paul, born about 1802, father of Frederick Henry Harford, whose daughter Violet Evelyn married the 12th Earl of Stair
Louisa died in 1803. Three years later, in 1806, Harford married Esther Ryecroft. They too had five children:
- George, born about 1807
- Charles, born about 1811
- Charlotte Penelope, born about 1808
- Esther, born about 1810
- Emily, born about 1814
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