Sir ‘Harry’ William Henry Peat, 1925. National Portrait Gallery

Sir Harry Peat (born 1882) bought the Hockwold Hall in 1933 and the family had it until 1978. Until 1956, Sir Harry was Senior Partner of the accountancy firm Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co, that in 1991, became KPMG Peat Marwick (now simply KPMG), one of the “Big Four” international auditors. He was succeeded as Senior Partner (until 1966) by his brother Roderick Mackay Peat