Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, of Stowford explained

.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,[1] 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.[2]

Marriage

He married (by licence dated 5 June 1673) Theophila Turner (d. 1702),[3] 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.[2]

Death and burial

He died at the age of about 36 and was buried on 20 February 1685/6 at Lifton, near Hayne, when the baronetcy became extinct.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Hunneyball, Paul, History of Parliament biography http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/harris-john-ii-1586-1657
  2. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524408#page/n77/mode/2up George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 4 1900
  3. Vivian, p. 449