Lord Harris (disambiguation)

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Lord Harris refers to George Harris, 4th Baron Harris (1851–1932), English cricketer and politician.

George Harris, 4th Baron Harris British colonial administrator and cricket player

Colonel George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris,, generally known as Lord Harris, was a British colonial administrator and Governor of Bombay. He was also an English amateur cricketer, mainly active from 1870 to 1889, who played for Kent and England as captain of both teams. He had a political career from 1885 to 1900 and was for much of his life a highly influential figure in cricket administration through the offices he held with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

Lord Harris may also refer to:

George Harris, 1st Baron Harris British soldier

George Harris, 1st Baron Harris GCB was a British soldier.

Lieutenant General William George Harris, 2nd Baron Harris KCH was a British soldier and peer.

George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris British colonial administrator

George Francis Robert Harris, 3rd Baron Harris, was a British peer, Liberal politician and colonial administrator. He served as the Governor of Trinidad from 1846 to 1854 and Governor of Madras from 1854 to 1859.

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Baron Harris

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

Earl of Malmesbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1800 for the diplomat James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury. The son of the grammarian and politician James Harris, he served as Ambassador to Spain, Prussia, Russia and France and also represented Christchurch in the House of Commons. Harris had already been created Baron Malmesbury, of Malmesbury in the County of Wiltshire, in 1788, and was made Viscount FitzHarris, of Hurn Court in the County of Southampton, at the same time he was given the earldom.

Harris baronets

There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Harris, two in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010.

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