John Harris was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  from 1661 to 1677.

Harris was the son of John Harris

John Harris (Royalist)

John Harris 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....

 of Lanrest in Cornwall, and of Radford by Plymstock in Devon, and his wife Elizabeth Johnson of Bonham in Wiltshire who died giving birth to him. His father was MP for LIskeard and supported the King during the Civil War. Harris's father died in 1649 but in 1653 Harris was required to pay a permanent ten per cent fine, which was levied on the property holdings of all royalist and political opponents. He was imprisoned in Plymouth Castle when a planned uprising was discovered.

Following the Restoration, Harris was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Liskeard

Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Cavalier Parliament

Cavalier Parliament

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of 1661. He remained until his death in 1677.