Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet
Major Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet, MC was a British Army officer and countryman. Wounded in World War II while serving as a major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, he served as Northamptonshire's High Sheriff in 1955 and Vice-Lieutenant from 1984 to 1991.
He married Julia Lees in 1952: the couple had three daughters and one son, Hereward, who succeeded his father as the 15th Baronet. The family lived at Courteenhall in Northamptonshire.
