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Richard Harrison (died 1726)

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Richard Harrison
Member of Parliament
In office
1669
1679
Personal details
Born1646 (1646)
Died1726 (aged 79–80)
Spouse
Audrey Villiers
(m. 1668)
Children14, including Edward, George and Thomas
Parent
RelativesLady Ann Fanshawe (sister)
William Harrison (half-brother)
George Villiers (father-in-law)
Edward Hughes (son-in-law)
EducationPeterhouse, Cambridge

Richard Harrison (1646–1726) was an English politician.

Biography

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Balls Park, Hertford

He was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Harrison of Balls Park, Hertford, Member of Parliament for Lancaster, by his second wife Mary Shotbolt; William Harrison was his half-brother but had predeceased their father in 1643. Richard was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1663 and was admitted to the Middle Temple that same year.[1][2][3]

Harrison was elected Member of Parliament in 1669, and again in 1679. Thought to favour the court in the Exclusion Crisis, he did not support James II on the throne. After the Glorious Revolution he was a non-juror.[1]

Family

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Harrison married in 1668 Audrey, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Viscount Grandison; they had eight sons and six daughters.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Harrison, Richard (1646-1726), of Balls Park, Herts., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Harrison, Sir John (c.1590-1669), of Montague House, Bishopsgate, London and Balls Park, Herts., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Harrison, Richard (HRY662R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ H. D. Love (1988). Vestiges of Old Madras. Mittal Publications. pp. 103–. GGKEY:JAN9JP3GKWR.
  5. ^ "Harrison, George (1680-1759), of Balls Park, nr. Hertford, History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Harrison, Thomas (b.1681), History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Hughes, Edward (d.1734), of Hertingfordbury, Herts., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 21 April 2015.