Background
Harrod was born at Aylsham in Norfolk on 30 September 1817, and educated at Norwich.
Harrod was born at Aylsham in Norfolk on 30 September 1817, and educated at Norwich.
He was admitted an attorney in Michaelmas term 1838, and for many years was in practice at Norwich. In 1865 he went to 4 Victoria Street, Westminster, where he became a professional antiquary. He was working on a monograph on the Tower of London when he died at 2 Rectory Grove, Clapham, Surrey, on 24 January 1871, and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.