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Baron Harris

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George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris.

Baron Harris, of Seringapatam and Mysore in the East Indies and of Belmont in the County of Kent,[1] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The title was created in 1815 for the military commander General Sir George Harris. He gained fame as Commander-in-Chief at the siege and capture of Seringapatam and the conquest of Mysore in India in 1799. He was also injured at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. His son, the third Baron, served as Governor of Madras and also held minor office in the second Liberal administration of Lord Palmerston. His son, the fourth Baron, was a Conservative politician and served as Under-Secretary of State for India, Under-Secretary of State for War and Governor of Bombay.[2] Lord Harris was also a successful cricketer.

On the death of his grandson, the sixth Baron, in 1995, the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed. The late Baron was succeeded by his fourth cousin, the seventh Baron. He was the great-great-grandson of the Hon. Michael Thomas Harris, second son of the first Baron. As of 2023 the title is held by Michael George Temple Harris, the ninth Baron, a former Royal Navy officer who was the captain of HMS Cardiff during the Falklands War.[3][4]

The family seat is Belmont House near Faversham in Kent.

Belmont House, Kent

Barons Harris (1815)

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The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, John Frank Temple Harris (born 1944).

Male-line family tree

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Male-line family tree, Barons Harris.
George Harris
1st Baron Harris

1746–1829
William Harris
2nd Baron Harris

1782–1845
Hon.
Michael Harris
1783–1824
George Harris
3rd Baron Harris

1810–1872
Rev. Hon.
William Harris
1814–1840
Hon.
Reginald Harris Temple
1830–1900
Hon.
Arthur Harris-Temple
1835–1906
Thomas Harris
1811–1867
George Harris
1812–1891
George Harris
4th Baron Harris

1851–1932
Arthur Harris-Temple
1874–1928
Lt. Col.
Thomas Harris
1845–1918
Lt. Col.
Charles Harris
1856–1905
Edmund Harris
1861–?
George Harris
1836–1903
George Harris
5th Baron Harris

1889–1984
Arthur Harris-Temple
1904–1981
Major
Thomas Harris
1882–1955
George Harris
1883–?
George Harris
1876–1929
George Harris
6th Baron Harris

1920–1995
Derek Harris
7th Baron Harris

1916–1996
Ronald Harris-Temple
1911–1994
Antony Harris
1915–2002
Anthony Harris
8th Baron Harris

1942–2023
Michael Harris
9th Baron Harris

born 1941
John Harris
born 1944

Line of succession

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Arms

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Coat of arms of Baron Harris
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 charged on the forehead with a Persian character for Ryder and crowned with an Eastern coronet both of the first.
Escutcheon
Vert on a chevron embattled, erminois between three hedgehogs Or, as many bombs Sable fired Proper a chief of augmentation thereon the gates and fortress of Seringapatam the draw-bridge let down and the Union flag of Great Britain and Ireland hoisted over the standard of Tippoo Sahib all Proper.
Supporters
Dexter a Grenadier soldier of the 73rd Regiment in his regimentals Proper supporting with his exterior hand a staff thereon hoisted the union flag of Great Britain and Ireland over that of the standard of Tippoo Sahib and beneath the tri-coloured flag entwined, inscribed with the word "Republique"; sinister a Malay soldier in his uniform Proper supporting a like staff thereon hoisted the flag of the East India Company Argent striped barwise Gules with a canton, over the standard of Tippoo Sahib with the tri-coloured flag entwined beneath as on the dexter inscribed with the word "Franeaise" all Proper.
Motto
My Prince And My Country.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ "No. 17041". The London Gazette. 18 July 1815. p. 1459.
  2. ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 452.
  3. ^ "The Falklands Conflict – Data Library – Ships". falklandswar.org.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  4. ^ "No. 49194". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 December 1982. p. 16121.
  5. ^ "Anthony Thomas Scott Harris". Dignity Funerals. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Gerald HARRIS Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  7. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.

Works cited

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