John Harris (Royalist)

John Harris (1596–1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1644. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.

Harris was the son of John Harris of Lanrest in Cornwall, and of Radford by Plymstock in Devon, and his wife Joan Harte daughter of Robert Harte of Climston in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall.[1]

In 1628, Harris was elected Member of Parliament for Liskeard and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640 Harris was re-elected MP for Liskeard in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected for Liskeard in the Long Parliament in November 1640 until he was disabled from sitting in January 1644 for supporting the King.[2]

Harris married Elizabeth Johnson of Bonham in Wiltshire. She died in childbirth in 1631, and her surviving. son John was MP for Liskeard after the Restoration.[3] His brother Robert was major General of the King's infantry in Plymouth.

References

  1. ↑ Visitation of Devon1620
  2. ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  3. ↑ Basil Duke Henning The House of Commons, 1660-1690
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Francis Steward
Joseph Jane		 Member of Parliament for Liskeard
1628–1629
With: Sir Francis Steward		 Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629		 Member of Parliament for Liskeard
1640–1644
With: George Kekewich 1640
Joseph Jane 1640–1644		 Succeeded by
Thomas Povey
George Kekewich
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