Edward James Harris, 4th Earl of Malmesbury
DL (12 April 1842 – 19 May 1899), was a
British peer, the son of Admiral the Honourable
Sir Edward Harris and the grandson of
James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury. His maternal grandparents were Captain Samuel Chambers and Susan Mathilda Wylly; he was descended from
David Mathews, the Loyalist Mayor of New York City during the
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...
and the
Schuyler family
The Schuyler family (Help:IPA/English, /ˈskaɪlər/; Dutch pronunciation: Help:IPA/Dutch, xœylər was a prominent Dutch family in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries, whose descendants played a critical role in the forma ...
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Lord Malmesbury married Sylvia Georgina Stewart on 16 November 1870. They had three children:
*
James Edward Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury (1872–1950).
* Hon. Alexander Charles Harris (1872–1927), died unmarried.
*Colonel Hon. Alfred Frederick William Harris (1877–1943), died unmarried.
References
1842 births
1899 deaths
Deputy lieutenants of Hampshire
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British people of Dutch descent
Schuyler family
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