There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Harris, two in the

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and two in the

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. 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. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> The Harris Baronetcy, of Stowford, near Launceston, in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 December 1673 for Arthur Harris,

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for

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between 1671 and 1681. The Harris residence was at Hayne House, Stowford. 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

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and Bethnal Green South West. 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

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commander of

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Sir Arthur Harris. He had refused a

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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 Harries, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Harries or Harris, 1st Baronet (1550 - 18 February 1628) was an English lawyer. Harries was born in 1550, the eldest of four sons of John Harries, of Cruckton in Shropshire. His mother was Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Prowde of Sutton ...

(died 1628) *

Sir Paul Harris, 2nd Baronet Sir Paul Harris, 2nd Baronet (December 1595 – July 1644) was an English baronet and Surveyor of the Ordnance. He was the second son of Sir Thomas Harris, 1st Baronet, of Shropshire, whom he succeeded as 2nd Baronet in January 1628/9 after the e ...

(1595–1644) *Sir Thomas Harris, 3rd Baronet ( – ) *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 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butch" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C ...

(c. 1650 – 1686)

Harris baronets, of Bethnal Green (1932)

* Sir Percy Alfred Harris, 1st Baronet (1876–1952) *

Sir Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris, 2nd Baronet Sir Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris, 2nd Baronet (23 July 1906 – 26 August 2009) 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 (1 ...

(1906–2009) *Sir Christopher John Ashford Harris, 3rd Baronet (1934–2022) *Sir Andrew Frederick Ashford Harris, 4th Baronet (born 1958)

Harris baronets, of Chepping Wycombe (1953)

* Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet (1892–1984) *Sir Anthony Kyrle Travers Harris, 2nd Baronet (1918–1996)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom