Harriet Revett was born in 1882 in Woodbridge. She married Harry King in 1903 and in 1911, they were living at Valley Farm Cottages in Melton with their three daughters and baby son. Harry and Harriet went on to have seven more children, three of whom died as babies. Harriet undertook paid employment as a cleaner at Foxborough Hall Red Cross Hospital during 1918. In 1939, Harriet was living in Castle Street, Woodbridge, with three of her daughters. She died in 1951, aged 68.