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)

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

Male-line family tree

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

Arms

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". Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  7. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.

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