Sir Harold Brakspear KCVO (10 March 1870 – 20 November 1934) was an English restoration architect and archaeologist.

He restored a number of ancient and notable buildings, including Bath Abbey, Windsor Castle, Brownston House in Devizes and St Cyriac's Church in Lacock. He lived in Corsham, Wiltshire, close to his projects at Lacock Abbey, Hazelbury Manor and Great Chalfield Manor.

Harold Brakspear

Brakspear was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1931 New Year Honours.

Harold Brakspear

In 1908 he married Lilian Somers of Halesowen, Worcestershire; they had a son and a daughter, Oswald and Mary. Oswald was an architect who designed churches and parsonage houses.

Harold Brakspear

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1870 births

1934 deaths

20th-century English architects

English archaeologists

Knights Bachelor

Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

People from Corsham

Architects from Wiltshire