Harris Surname History

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SURNAME MEANING
A southern English and southern Welsh surname derived from the personal name Harry, which was a common form on the masculine name Henry.

Initially, le Herisse, the name came to England with the Norman Conquest, and is of Old French derivation.

This surname is also established in Ireland taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. 

EARLY BEARERS
Ivo de Heriz – England – 1130
Humphry Hairez – Berkshire – 1158
Ralph Heriz – Normandy – c. 1185
Wymund Harace – Normandy – 1198
William Herez – Wiltshire – 13th century
Hugh de Heriz – England – c. 1272
Roger Herice – England – c. 1272

NOBLE TITLES HELD
The Harris Baronetcy of Boreatton in the County of Shropshire was created in the Baronetage of England in 1622 for Sir Thomas Harris, an English Lawyer. The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1693.

The Harris Baronetcy of Stowford near Launceston in the County of Devon was created in the Baronetage of England in 1673 for Arthur Harris, Member of Parliament for Okehampton. The title became extinct on his death in 1686.

George Harris (1746-1829) was a British soldier who served in America and India and was elevated to the peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Harris in 1815.
James Harris (1746-1820) was an English diplomat to Prussia and Russia, the son of James Harris, a Member of Parliament, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Malmesbury in 1788 and created Earl of Malmesbury and Viscount FitzHarris of Hurn Court in 1800.

LANDED GENTRY
Harris of Hayne, and Cross House, co. Devonshire, England
Harris of Tylney Hall, Winchfield, co. Hampshire, England
Harris of Ashfort, co. Armagh, Northern Ireland

NOTABLES
Mildred Harris (1901-1944) was an American stage, film, and vaudeville actress during the early part of the 20th century. She was also the first wife of Charlie Chaplin.

Edmund Robert Harris (c. 1804-1877) was a British lawyer from Preston, Lancashire who was the principal benefactor of the Harris Museum, Harris Institute or Art School, Harris Technical School and the Harris Orphanage.

Henry Harris (c. 1634 – 1704) was an English stage actor and theatre manager.

Thomas Harris (1547–1610) was an English barrister and politician. He became serjeant-at-law in 1589.

John Harris (c.1588–1658) was an English academic and clergyman. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford.

John Harris (1754-1838) was a military surgeon, naval officer and landowner, who arrived in New South Wales on the second fleet and ultimately become one of the major landowners in New South Wales, Australia.

Colonel Sir Thomas Noel Harris (1783-1860) was a British Army officer who fought during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign before finishing his career as Chief Magistrate of Gibraltar.

Townsend Harris (1804-1878) was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan.

Major Sir William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848) was an English military engineer, artist and hunter.

EARLY SETTLERS
Adria Harris – Virginia – 1621
Alice Harris – Virginia – 1623
Dorothe Harris – Virginia – 1623
John Harris – New England – 1635
Ann Harris – Maryland – 1737
Edward Harris – Kentucky - 1773