Admiral The Honourable Sir Edward Alfred John Harris KCB (20 May 1808 – 17 July 1888) was a British naval commander, diplomat and politician.
James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, was his elder brother.
[1] He also sat as Member of Parliament for Christchurch between 1844 and 1852[2] and served as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation between 1858 and 1867 and as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands between 1867[3] and 1877.
[5] Harris married Emma, the daughter of Captain Samuel Chambers and Susan Mathilda Wylly, in 1841.
They had several children, including Edward Harris, 4th Earl of Malmesbury.