Baron Harris

Baron Harris, of Seringapatam and Mysore in the East Indies and of Belmont in the County of Kent,[1] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

He gained fame as Commander-in-Chief at the siege and capture of Seringapatam and the conquest of Mysore in India in 1799.

His son, the third Baron, served as Governor of Madras and also held minor office in the second Liberal administration of Lord Palmerston.

As of 2023[update] the title is held by Michael George Temple Harris, the ninth Baron, a former Royal Navy officer who was the captain of HMS Cardiff during the Falklands War.

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, John Frank Temple Harris (born 1944).