Harris Baronets
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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.

The Harris Baronetcy, of Boreatton in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 December 1622 for Thomas Harris.The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1693.

The Harris Baronetcy, of Stowford in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 December 1673 for Arthur Harris, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Okehampton
Okehampton (UK Parliament constituency)
Okehampton was a parliamentary borough in Devon, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in 1301 and 1313, then continuously from 1640 to 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

 between 1671 and 1681. The title became extinct on his death in 1686.

The Harris Baronetcy, of Bethnal Green in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 January 1932 for Percy Harris
Sir Percy Harris, 1st Baronet
Sir Percy Alfred Harris, 1st Baronet PC was a British Liberal Party politician.Born in Kensington, Harris was educated at Harrow and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and was called to the bar...

, Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 Member of Parliament for Harborough
Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Harborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

 and Bethnal Green South West
Bethnal Green South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Bethnal Green South West was a constituency in London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

.

The Harris Baronetcy, of Chepping Wycombe in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 January 1953 for the famous Second World War
World War II
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 commander of RAF Bomber Command
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 Sir Arthur Harris
Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB OBE AFC , commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press, and often within the RAF as "Butcher" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during the latter half of World War...

. He had refused a peerage
Peerage
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 in 1946. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1996.

Harris Baronets, of Boreatton (1622)

  • Sir Thomas Harris, 1st Baronet (d. 1628)
  • Sir Paul Harris, 2nd Baronet (1595-1644)
  • Sir Thomas Harris, 3rd Baronet (c. 1629-c. 1661)
  • Sir George Harris, 4th Baronet (1631-c. 1664)
  • Sir Paul Harris, 5th Baronet (1634-1666)
  • Sir Roger Harris, 6th Baronet (1601-1685)
  • Sir Robert Harris, 7th Baronet (1612-1693)

Harris Baronets, of Stowford (1673)

  • Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (c. 1650-1686)

Harris Baronets, of Bethnal Green (1932)

  • Sir Percy Alfred Harris, 1st Baronet
    Sir Percy Harris, 1st Baronet
    Sir Percy Alfred Harris, 1st Baronet PC was a British Liberal Party politician.Born in Kensington, Harris was educated at Harrow and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and was called to the bar...

     (1876-1952)
  • Sir Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris, 2nd Baronet was a New Zealand businessman, and the second baronet of the Harris Baronetcy of Bethnal Green, County of London which was created for his father Sir Percy Harris in 1932...

     (1906-2009)
  • Sir Christopher John Ashford Harris, 3rd Baronet (b. 1934)

Harris Baronets, of Chepping Wycombe (1953)

  • Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet
    Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
    Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB OBE AFC , commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press, and often within the RAF as "Butcher" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during the latter half of World War...

    (1892-1984)
  • Sir Anthony Kyrle Travers Harris, 2nd Baronet (1918-1996)
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