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Harris, Baron (UK, 1815)

Creation:let. pat. 11 Aug 1815

Family name:Harris

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Arms:

Vert on a Chevron embattled Erminois between three Hedgehogs Or as many Bombs Sable fired proper on a Chief of Augmentation a Representation of the gates and fortress of Seringapatam the drawbridge let down and the Union Flag of Great Britain hoisted above the standard of Tippoo Sahib all proper

Crest:

On a Mural Crown Or a Royal Tiger passant guardant Vert striped Or spotted of the first pierced in the breast with an Arrow of the last vulned Gules and charged on the forehead with the Persian Character implying "Hyder" and crowned with an Eastern Coronet both of the first

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Grenadier in uniform of 73rd Foot supporting with the exterior hand a Flag Staff thereon hoisted the Union Flag of Great Britain and Ireland flying towards the dexter over the Standard of Tippoo Sahib and below the same the Tricoloured Flag of the French Republic depressed and furled all proper;  Sinister:  a Sepoy of the Madras Establishment of the East India Company supporting with the exterior hand a Flag Staff thereon hoisted the Flag of the said Company flying over that of Tippoo Sahib towards the sinister and below the same the Tricoloured Flag of the French Republic as in the dexter

Motto:

My Prince and My Country

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George [Harris], 1st Baron Harris, GCB

son of Rev George Harris, Curate of Brasted, co. Kent, by his wife Sarah Twentyman, dau. of George Twentyman, of Braintree, co. Cumberland

born

18 Mar 1746

mar.

9 Dec 1779 Anne Carteret Dickson (d. 30 Jul 1833), yst. dau. and cohrss. of Charles Dickson, of Bath, co. Somerset

children

1. Hon William George Harris, later 2nd Baron Harris

2. Hon Michael Thomas Harris, served in the Madras Civil Service 1799-1824 (b. 13 Sep 1783; dvp. 17 May 1824), mar. 23 Mar 1807 Emma Martha Money (b. 29 Dec 1788; d. 11 Feb 1866), dau. of Capt William Money, British Consul-General in Venice, a ship owner and a Director of HEIC, by his wife and cousin Martha Taylor, dau. of James Taylor, of Carmarthen, and had issue:

1a. Thomas Inglis Parish Harris, served in the Madras Civil Service 1831-66 (b. 10 Jul 1811; d. 28 Jun 1867), mar. 19 Feb 1838 Emily Tacy Burnside (b. c. 1818; d. 26 Jan 1899), dau. of Robert Burnside by his wife Susannah Hay, and had issue:

1b. Lt-Col Thomas Harris, Military Secretary to the Governor of Bombay 1892-95 (b. 8 May 1845; d. 28 Mar 1918), mar. 23 Dec 1880 Lilias Annie Cole (b. 13 Aug 1856; d. 29 Sep 1954), 3rd dau. of William Turney Cole, by his wife Anne Rutherford Scot, dau. of William Scot, 6th of Raeburn, by his wife Susan Horsbrugh, 3rd dau. of Alexander Horsbrugh of that Ilk, and had issue:

1c. Maj Thomas Guy Marriott Harris OBE (b. 7 Mar 1882; d. 6 Nov 1955), mar. 5 Dec 1912 Beryl Wilson (b. 12 Apr 1881; d. 24 Sep 1960), dau. of Col Frederick Alexander Wilson (by his wife Louisa Agnes Marshall, dau. of William Eliot Marshall, of Cawnpore, Bengal, India), son of Andrew Wilson, by his wife Charlotte Grey, 2nd dau. of Rt Rev Hon Edward Grey, Bishop of Hereford (by his first wife Charlotte Elizabeth Croft, dau. of James Croft, of Greenham, co. Berkshire), 5th son of Charles [Grey], 1st Earl Grey

1d. Maj Derek Marshall Harris, later 7th Baron Harris

2c. George Scott Harris (b. 17 Apr 1883; d. unm.)

1c. Lilias Olive Harris (b. 1892)

2b. Lt-Col Charles Walter Harris (b. 16 Dec 1856; d. 16 Jan 1905), mar. 18 Apr 1897 Edith Jane Frederica Crohan, 1st dau. of Capt Frederick William Crohan, and had issue:

1c. Monica Fay Harris (b. 19 Jun 1898)

3b. Edmund Archibald Taylor Harris (b. 28 Oct 1861)

1b. Maria Eugenia Harris (d. 2 Aug 1882), mar. 9 Mar 1861 Maj-Gen Archibald George Douglas Logan (d. 20 Dec 1891), and had issue

2b. Ellen Lushington Harris, mar. 28 Oct 1865 Dep-Surgn-Gen John Henderson, and had issue

3b. Edith Godfrey Harris (d. 8 May 1917), mar. 12 Jun 1872 Horace Spelman Marriott (d. 7 Feb 1891), and had issue

4b. Laura Beatrice Harris

2a. George Anstruther Harris, served in the Madras Civil Service1831-60 (b. 31 Aug 1812; d. 24 Aug 1891), mar. (1) 7 Sep 1833 Fanny Gahagan (d. 13 Dec 1850), dau, of Thomas Gahagan, Madras Civil Service, and had issue:

1b. George Lucian Taylor Harris. Bombay Civil Service  (b. 24 May 1836; d. 30 Sep 1903), mar. 2 Dec 1871 Fanny Elizabeth Anne Alderson (d 16 Feb 1919), dau. of George Alderson, and had issue:

1c. George Temple James Harris, Rhodesian Civil Service. served in the Boer War 1899-1900 (b. 31 May 1876; d. 11 Sep 1929), mar. 27 Apr 1910 Eva Green-Wilkinson (b. 1878; mar. (2) 8 Jun 1933 Randle North Kenyon (b. 28 May 1882; dsp. 10 Aug 1968), 3rd son of Rev Hon William Trevor Kenyon, Rector of Malpas, co. Chester (by his second wife Lucy Rosamond Wolley-Dod, 2nd dau. of Rev Charles Wolley-Dod, of Edge Hall, Malpas, co. Chester), 3rd son of Lloyd [Kenyon], 3rd Baron Kenyon; d. 14 Mar 1942), 6th dau. and cohrss. of Lt-Col Henry Green-Wilkinson, of Pannington Hall, Ipswich, co. Suffolk, by his wife Hon Louisa Catherine Bateman-Hanbury, 4th dau. of William [Hanbury later Bateman-Hanbury], 1st Baron Bateman, by his wife Elizabeth Chichester, sister of Arthur [Chichester], 1st Baron Templemore, and 3rd dau. of Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester, of Dunbrody Park, co. Wexford (by his wife and second cousin Lady Anne Harriet Stewart, 8th dau. by his second wife of John [Stewart], 8th Earl of Galloway), 3rd son of Arthur [Chichester], 1st Marquess of Donegall, by his wife Lady Anne Hamilton, only dau. by his second wife of James [Hamilton], 5th Duke of Hamilton, and had issue:

1d. 2nd Lieut Ronald George Temple Harris (b. 5 Sep 1911; dsp. 31 Dec 1994), mar. (1) 1936 (div. 1958) Simone Hogbin, of Folkestone, co. Kent, and (2) 1958 Beryl Brown (d. c. 1998), dau. of George Brown, of Fakenham, co. Norfolk

2d. Antony John Temple Harris OBE (b. 5 Aug 1915; d. 11 Dec 2002), mar. 25 Apr 1940 Doris Drake, only child of Frank Dufford Drake, of Florida, USA, and had issue:

1e. Rear-Admiral Michael George Temple Harris JP RN, heir presumptive to the Barony of Harris, cmded HM Submarines Osiris 1970-72, Sovereign 1975-77, and HM Ships Cardiff 1980-82 and Ark Royal 1987-89, Younger Brother of Trinity House 1989, Clerk Clothworkers' Company 1992-2001 (b. 5 Jul 1941), mar. 17 Oct 1970 (Caroline Sandra Pietre) Katrina Chichester (b. 31 Dec 1943), 2nd dau. of G/Capt Patrick George Chichester OBE (by his wife Gladys Evelyn Vesta Clemency Barnes, 1st dau. of William Carnegie Barnes, of Hayne Manor, Lewdown, co. Devon), 1st son of George Chichester (by his first wife Frances Caroline Hibbert, 4th dau. of Col Hugh Robert Hibbert JP DL, of Birtles Hall, co. Chester), 4th son by his first wife of Capt Sir Arthur Chichester 8th Bt., and has issue:

1f. Tamsin Caroline Temple Harris (b. 22 Nov 1971), mar. 26 Aug 2000 Patrick Alexander Evans

2f. Rebecca Eva Temple Harris (b. 29 Aug 1973), mar. 17 Feb 2001 Dominic Michael Del Mar, and has issue

3f. Emily Vesta Temple Harris (b. 11 Jan 1979)

2e. John Frank Temple Harris, of 24 Manor Close, Wickham, co. Hampshire (b. 21 Aug 1944), mar. 14 Feb 1972 Sandra Stones (former wife of ..... Dobson), dau. of C Stones, of Bishops Auckland, Co. Durham

1d. June Rosemary Temple Harris (b. 6 Feb 1928)

2c. Capt Harry Thomas Hopkison Harris (b. 17 Aug 1882; killed in action in Mesopotamia 21 Jan 1816)

1c. Fanny Maria Elinor Harris (d. 22 Feb 1962), mar. 6 Jul 1896 Lt-Col John Cane Crawford (d. 1933), and had issue

2b. Col Charles John Birch Harris, British Consular Agent in Karikhal and Pondicherry (b. 7 Nov 1840; d. 22 Dec 1892). mar. 8 Dec 1874 Florence Archer (d. 28 May 1938), dau. of Thomas Goodwyn Archer, of King's Lynn, co. Norfolk, and had issue

1b. Fanny Laura Mary Harris (dsp. 10 Aug 1906), mar. 1860 Maj-General George Hearn (dsp. 24 Aug 1888)

2b. Sybella Flora Conway Harris (b. 1849; d. 2 Mar 1927), mar. 31 Oct 1866 Rev William Basset Powell, Rector of Stocklinch, Ilminster. co. Somerset (b. 1839; d. 21 Jun 1909), son of Charles Powell, and had issue

George Harris mar. (2) 18 Aug 1852 Eliza Margaret Harington (b. 29 Dec 1829; d. 24 Jan 1854), yr. dau. of Capt William Douglas Harington, served in the HEIC Light Cavalty, by his wife Mary Anne Eliza Moore, neice of Lt-Col ..... Davies, and had issue:

3b. Rev Henry Harington Harris, Rector of Poynings, co. Sussex 1839-1917 (b. 19 Jul 1853; d. 15 May 1936), mar. 18 Jul 1894 Mary Caroline Russell, dau. of Rev Canon Richard Norris Russell, Rector of Beachampton, co. Buckingham (by his wife Lady Mary Perceval, half-sister of Charles George [Perceval], 7th Earl of Egmont, and only dau. of Rev Hon Charles George Perceval, Rector of Calverton, co. Buckingham (by his first wife Mary Knapp, only dau. of Rev Primatt Knap, Rector of Shenley Mansell, co. Buckingham), 4th son of Charles George [Perceval], 2nd and 1st Baron Arden, and had issue:

1c. Capt Harry Perceval Harrington Harris (b. 17 May 1895; dvp. 12 Jun 1929)

George Harris mar. (3) 1 Feb 1855 Emma Rutherfoord (b. 26 Jul 1827; d. 1 Mar 1913), dau. of Richard Pinchback Rutherfoord, by his wife Ann Ockington, and had further issue:

4b. Dr Frederick Rutherfoord Harris LRCP, Member of the Cape Parliament for Kimberley 1894-96 and 1898, Member of Parliament for Dulwich 1903-06 (b. 1 May 1856; d. 1 Sep 1920), mar. 25 Nov 1884 Florence Ling (d. 19 Dec 1920), dau. of William Ling

5b. Lieut Francis Anderson Harris (b. 26 Oct 1857; d. 1912)

6b. Hermann Gundert Harris (b. 26 Jan 1859; d. 1950), mar. 7 Mar 1895 Alice Uniacke Townsend (d. 1927), dau. of William Uniacke Townsend by his wife Mary Ann Harriet Coote, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Charles Eyre Coote by his wife Caroline Dillon Croker, dau. of Maj Crofton Croker, and had issue 

7b. Alfred Herschel Harris, Commissioner of Chinese Maritime Customs at Canton (b. 29 Oct 1863; d. 1953), mar. 18 Jan 1894 Suzanne Amelie Anstie (d. 1955), dau. of Edward B Anstie, and had issue

3b. Marion Fanny Harris (d. 26 Jul 1946), mar. 4 Nov 1891 George Babington Michell OBE, British Consul-General in Milan (d. 11 Jan 1936), and had issue

4b. Katherine Harris (d. 1957), mar. 14 Nov 1899 Surgn-Cdr George Ernest Macleod RN (d. 10 Nov 1949)

1a. Emma Money Harris (d. 19 Mar 1880), mar. 14 Jun 1831 Capt Archibald Douglas, Madras Civil Service

2a. Frances Martha Harris (d. 17 Jun 1890), mar. 31 Dec 1831 Lt-Gen Archibald Spiers Logan (d. 10 May 1873), and had issue

3a. Ellen Harris (d. Jun 1911), mar. 3 Nov 1840 Baron Henri de Sainte Marie (d. Mar 1891), and had issue

4a. Maria Jane Harris (d. 26 Oct 1891), mar. 25 Sep 1841 Henry Fearon Baber (d. 1860), and had issue

5a. Eugenia Emma Harris (d. 1 Mar 1891), mar. 12 Apr 1838 Maj-Gen George Logan (d. 4 Nov 1870), and had issue

3. Capt Hon Charles Harris (b. 14 Dec 1793; dvp. 8 Jan 1815 of wounds received at the Battle of New Orleans)

4. Rev Hon Musgrave Alured Hanry Harris (b. 5 Sep 1801; dsp. 16 Aug 1836), mar. 16 Jun 1835 Georgina Fosbery, dau. of William Fosbery

1. Hon Anne Elizabeth Harris (d. 25 Mar 1856), mar. 9 Dec 1797 as his first wife Rt Hon Stephen Rumbold Lushington MP, Governor of Madras (b. May 1776; d. 5 Aug 1868), 2nd son of Rev James Stephen Lushington, Prebendary of Carlisle, of Rodmersham, co. Kent, by his second wife Mary Christian, only dau. of Rev Humphrey Christian, Vicar of Docking, and had issue

2. Hon Sarah Harris (b. 13 Sep 1785; d. 28 Mar 1844), mar. 2 Oct 1809 Rev John Hodgson, Vicar of St Peter's, Thanet 1835-57 (d. 17 Nov 1870), and had issue

3. Hon Mary Jane Harris (d. 22 Sep 1862), mar. 3 Sep 1822 Francis Bradley later Bradley Dyne JP, of Gore Court, co. Kent (b. 23 Jan 1790; d. 13 Nov 1866), son of Andrew Hawes Dyne later Bradley, by his wife Frances Bradley, dau. of James Bradley III, of Virginia, and had issue

died

19 May 1829

created

11 Aug 1815 Baron Harris, of Seringapatam and Mysore in the East Indies and of Belmont in the County of Kent

suc. by

son

note

entered the Army 1760; served in America 1774-78; served in India 1790-91; Commandant of Fort William 1794; Maj-General 1794; bought Belmont Park at auction 1801; Lieut-General 1801; Commander in Chief of the Madras Presidency 1797-1800; defeated Tippoo Sahib at Battle of Seringpatam 1799 and annexed Mysore; Col, 73rd Highlanders 1800-29; General 1812; GCB 1820; Governor of Dumbarton Castle 1824-29

William George [Harris], 2nd Baron Harris, CB KCH

born

19 Jan 1782

mar. (1)

17 Oct 1809 Eliza Selina Anne Dick (d. 25 Jan 1817), dau. of William Dick MD, of Tullymet House, co. Perth, by his wife Charlotte Maclaren

children by first wife

1. Hon George Francis Robert Harris, later 3rd Baron Harris

2. Rev Hon William Lushington Thomas Harris, Rector of Wilton, co. Wiltshire (b. 18 Jan 1814; dvp. 24 Nov 1840)

1. Charlotte Reid Harris (dvp. Dec 1818)

mar. (2)

28 May 1824 Isabella Helena Handcock-Temple (d. 10 Jan 1861), only child of Robert Handcock-Temple, of Waterston, co. Westmeath, by his wife Louisa Tighe, dau. of William Stearne Tighe, of South Hill, co. Westmeath

children by second wife

3. Hon Reginald Temple Harris later Harris-Temple JP DL, of Waterston, co. Westmeath, High Sheriff of Westmeath 1860 (b. 6 May 1830; dsp. 24 Feb 1900)

4. Capt Hon Arthur Ernest Harris later Harris-Temple JP, of Waterston, co. Westmeath (b. 31 Jan 1835; d. 12 Aug 1906), mar. 25 Jul 1871 Jane Chaigneau (d. 11 May 1891), widow of Capt Arthur Chaigneau, of Enown House, co. Westmeath, and dau. of Rev Richard Butler Bryan, and had issue

2. Hon Louisa Matilda Harris (d. 31 Jan 1892), mar. 10 Feb 1857 Richard [Handcock], 4th Baron Castlemaine, and had issue

died

30 May 1845

suc. by

son by first wife

note

entered the Army 1795; was with his father at the storming of Seringapatam 1799; wounded at the Battle of Waterloo 1815; CB 1815; Maj-General 1821; Col of the 86th Foot 1832-35; KCH 1833; Col of the 73rd Foot 1835-45; Lieut-General 1837

George Francis Robert [Harris], 3rd Baron Harris, GCSI

born

14 Aug 1810

mar.

16 Apr 1850 Sarah Cummins (b. 1832; d. 6 Mar 1853), 2nd dau. of Ven George Cummins, Archdeacon of Trinidad, by his wife Fanny Macnamara

children

1. Hon George Robert Canning Harris, later 4th Baron Harris

1. Hon Frances Charlotte Harris (d. 15 Dec 1939), mar. 9 Apr 1874 Lt-Col Arthur Balfour Haig CMG CVO JP, 28th of Bemersyde (sold 1921), Equerry to HRH the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1864-80, Extra Equerry 1880-90, Extra Equerry to King Edward VII 1902-10 and to King George V 1910-25 (b. 10 Jul 1840; d. 13 Apr 1925), 6th son of Robert Haig, of Fane Valley, Dundalk, by his wife Magdalene Murray, dau. of David Murray, of Whitehouse, Musselburgh, and had issue

died

23 Nov 1872

suc. by

son

note

Lieutenant Governor of Trinidad May-Nov 1846; Governor and Commander in Chief of Trinidad 1846-54; Governor of Madras 1854-59; a Lord in Waiting 1860-65; KSI 1861; Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales 1863-72; GCSI 1866

George Robert Canning [Harris], 4th Baron Harris, GCSI GCIE CB

born

3 Feb 1851

mar.

8 Jul 1874 Hon Lucy Ada Jervis CI (b. 29 Oct 1851; d. 12 Feb 1930), 2nd dau. of Carnegie Robert John [Jervis], 3rd Viscount St Vincent, by his wife Lucy Charlotte Baskervyle-Glegg, yst. dau. of John Baskervyle-Glegg, of Withington Hall, co. Chester

only child

1. Hon George St Vincent Harris, later 5th Baron Harris

died

24 Mar 1932

suc. by

son

note

Under Secretary for India 1885-86; Under Secretary for War 1886-89; GCIE 1890; Governor of Bombay 1890-95; a Lord in Waiting 1895-1900; GCSI 1895; Yeomanry ADC to King Edward VII 1908

George St Vincent [Harris], 5th Baron Harris, CBE MC JP DL

born

3 Sep 1889

mar.

27 Jul 1918 Dorothy Mary Crookes (d. 1981), 5th dau. of Rev John William Crookes, Vicar of Borden, Sittingbourne, co. Kent

only child

1. Hon George Robert John Harris, later 6th Baron Harris

died

16 Oct 1984

suc. by

son

note

served in World War I 1914-18 as Capt, East Kent Yeomanry; Commissioner, St John Ambulance Brigade Kent 1940-45; Vice-Lieutenant of Kent 1948-84; transferred Belmont Park into a charitable trust in the early 1980s

George Robert John [Harris], 6th Baron Harris

born

17 Apr 1920

died

s.p. 17 Sep 1995

suc. by

fourth cousin

Derek Marshall [Harris], 7th Baron Harris

born

23 Jul 1916

mar. (1)

16 Aug 1938 (div. 1968) Laura Cecilia McCausland, 1st dau. of Maj Edward Thomas William McCausland

children by first wife

1. Hon Anthony Harris, later 8th Baron Harris

1. Hon Amanda Cecilia Harris (b. 8 Jan 1953), mar. 1974 (div. 1984) Jeremy Mainwaring, and has issue

mar. (2)

1987 Mrs Pauline Elizabeth Skinner (d. Nov 1997), dau. of .... Giles

died

30 Jun 1996

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Maj, Duke of Wellington's Regiment

Anthony [Harris], 8th Baron Harris

born

8 Mar 1942

mar.

1966 Anstice Winter, dau. of Alfred Winter

children

1. Hon Isabel Harris (b. 1976)

2. Hon Laura Harris (b. 1976)

The heir presumptive to the Barony of Harris is Rear-Admiral Michael Harris RN, a great-great-great-great-grandson of the 1st Baron Harris

Last updated 14 Apr 2023

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Title:

8th Baron Harris, of Seringapatam and Mysore in the East Indies and of Belmont in the County of Kent

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 11 Aug 1815)

Address:

32 Temple Road, Kew, Richmond, Surrey

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