Sir thomas harris biography template

Family and Education

b. 1547, s. of Edward Harris of Monmouthshire by his 1st w.

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Philippa, da. of Thomas Vowell^† of Cornworthy. educ. ?Jesus, Camb. 1562; M. Temple 1566, called by 1573.

Sir thomas harris biography template

m. 27 Dec. 1573, Elizabeth (d.1634), da. of Henry Pomeroy of Colquite, Cornw., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1592. Kntd.

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Offices Held

Burgess, Portsmouth from 1586; Autumn reader, M. Temple 1588, 1589, bencher 1588; serjeant-at-law May 1589; j.p. Devon, ?Herts. from c.1592; of counsel to St. Albans 1596.2

Biography

The son of a man who had settled in Devon on purchasing Cornworthy in 1560, Harris owed all his seats in Parliament to his legal connexions.

He was first returned for Callington, jointly owned by Sir William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester and William, 7th Lord Mountjoy, for whom he acted in several legal cases. He was made a burgess of Portsmouth about the time of his first election.

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