Sir Thomas Harries, 1st Baronet

He was active in legal affairs in Shrewsbury, and helped in the securing of a new town charter in 1584.

He contested the Parliamentary seat for Shrewsbury that year, but was defeated, coming third in the poll.

[1][2] He became a bencher at Lincoln's Inn in 1596, and was possibly the Thomas Harris who was appointed justice of the peace of Shropshire c. 1600, and Cheshire in 1601.

[1][2] He was married to Eleanor, daughter of Roger Gifford, physician to Queen Elizabeth I.

Sir Thomas's second daughter, Anne, married the jurist John Wilde.