Sir John Harte (active 1575 – January 1604) was a 16th-century English merchant who was one of the principal founders of the English East India Company as well as a Lord Mayor of London.
[1] He was a native of Kilburn who became a grocer in the city of London.
[2] He was elected one of the Sheriffs of London in 1579, serving with future mayor Martin Calthorp, and later elected Lord Mayor of London in 1589.
[4] One of his daughters married Sir George Bolles, a later Lord Mayor of London.
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