Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, of Stowford

Arms of Harris of Hayne in the parish of Stowford, Devon: *Sable, three crescents argent a bordure of the last*.^[1] These are the arms of Harris of Radford in the parish of Plymstock, Devon, the senior line of the family, differenced by a bordure.

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Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (c. 1650 – 1686) of Hayne in the parish of Stowford in Devon (about 11 miles south-west of Okehampton), was four-times elected as a Member of Parliament for Okehampton in Devon, between 1671 and 1685.

Origins

He was the only son and heir of John Harris (c. 1586 – 1657) of Hayne in the parish of Stowford in Devon and of St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall,^[3] a Member of Parliament, by his second wife Cordelia Mohun daughter of John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton.

Career

He succeeded his father on 6 March 1657. In 1671 he was elected a Member of Parliament for Okehampton. He was created a baronet "of Stowford" on 1 December 1673. He was re-elected MP for Okehampton in the two elections of 1679 and in 1681.^[4]

Marriage

He married (by licence dated 5 June 1673) Theophila Turner (d. 1702),^[5] a daughter of John Turner, Serjeant-at-Law, of St Bride's in the City of London, and of York, by his wife Jane Pepys, a remote cousin of the diarist Samuel Pepys. The marriage was childless. She survived her husband and died at Greenwich and was buried on 27 July 1702 at Lifton.^[4]

Death and burial

He died at the age of about 36 and was buried on 20 February 1685/6 at Lifton,^[1] near Hayne, when the baronetcy became extinct.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 449
^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 449, pedigree of Harris
^ Hunneyball, Paul, History of Parliament biography [1]
^ ^a ^b ^c George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 4 1900
^ Vivian, p. 449

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Thomas Hele, 1st Baronet Edward Wise	Member of Parliament for Okehampton 1671–1685 With: Edward Wise 1671–1677 Henry Northleigh 1677–1679 Josias Calmady 1679–1681 Sir George Cary 1681–1685	Succeeded by Sir Simon Leach William Cary
Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet (of Stowford) 1673–1686	Extinct

[Vivian_1531,_p._449-1] Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 449

[2] Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 449, pedigree of Harris

[3] Hunneyball, Paul, History of Parliament biography [1]

[Cockayne-4] George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 4 1900

[5] Vivian, p. 449

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