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HARRISON, HENRY BAGSHAW, son of Rev. Henry Bagshaw Harrison DD, Rector of Bugbrooke, Northants, and of Warmington, Warwicks., and Sarah, second dau. of Rev. James Harwood, Vicar of Dartford, Kent; bapt. Bugbrooke, Northants 25 Nov 1797; adm. Christmas 1811; KS (aged 13) 1811; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1815, matr. 8 May 1815, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Mathematics and 2nd cl. Classics 1818; BA 1819; d. 1 Apr 1822.

HARRISON, SIR HENRY LELAND, second son of Rev. James Harwood Harrison, Rector of Bugbrooke, Northants, and Gertrude Maria, dau. of Capt. Hickman Leland Rose, Dover, Kent; nephew of Henry Bagshaw Harrison (qv); b. 5 Feb 1837; adm. 1 Jul 1850 (G), from Uppingham Sch.; QS 1851; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1855, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1855, but did not matr. or reside; went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1856, exhibitioner 1856, Canoneer Student 1858, lecturer in mathematics; 1st cl. Mathematics and 2nd cl. Classics (Mods) 1858, 4th cl. Mathematics 1859; BA 1859; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Jan 1859, called to bar 17 Nov 1870; entered Bengal Civil Service 1860; Junior Secretary, Bengal Government 1867; Magistrate and Collector, Midnapore 1871; Secretary to Revenue Board 1878, member Rent Commission 1879; Chairman, Calcutta Corporation, and Commissioner Calcutta Police 1881-90; knighted 14 Feb 1887; member, Bengal Board of Revenue 1890; Roman Catholic convert 1866; m. 24 Sep 1860 Fanny Matilda, dau. of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (qv); d. at Chittagong, Bengal 5 May 1892.

HARRISON, HENRY, second but eldest surviving son of Benjamin Harrison, Treasurer Guy’s Hospital, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Pelly, Upton, Essex; b. 20 Sep 1765; adm. 12 Jan 1780; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1782, Canoneer Student from 23 Dec 1783; BA 1788; MA 1789; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Feb 1787, called to bar 12 Jun 1790; d. 29 Mar 1792.

HARRISON, HENRY, son of Rev. William Bagshaw Harrison, Vicar of Goudhurst, Kent, and Charlotte Tonkin; b. 27 Mar 1813; adm. 17 Jan 1826 (Singleton's); KS 1827; rowed v. Eton 1831; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1831, matr. Mich. 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1836, priest 8 Oct 1837 (both Canterbury); Curate, Goudhurst, Kent 1836-40; Vicar of Kilndown, Goudhurst, Kent, from 1840; Chaplain to Ticehurst Union 1853; m. 9 Sep 1840 Emily, dau. of Richard Springett, Finchcox Park; d. 28 Sep 1892.

HARRISON, HENRY, second son of Henry Harrison, Holywood House, Holywood, co. Down, and Letitia, dau. of Robert James Tennent MP, Rush Park, Belfast; stepson of Hartley Withers (qv); b. 17 Dec 1867; adm. 9 May 1881 ( R), exhibitioner; QS 8 Jun 1882; left Jul 1886; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1887; MP (Irish Nationalist) Mid Tipperary 1890-2; known in House of Commons as “Parnell’s stripling”; served 1914-18 war; 2nd Lieut., 3rd batt., Royal Irish Regt.; Lieut., 9 Aug 1916; MC 11 Dec 1916, bar 18 Feb 1918; OBE 8 Jan 1919; Secretary, Irish Dominion League 1920-1; Dublin correspondent, The Economist 1922-7; editor, Irish Truth (weekly) 1924-7; author, Parnell Vindicated : the Lifting of the Veil, 1931, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and Mr Garvin, 1938, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and The Times 1953; hon. LLD Dublin 1953; m. 21 Jan 1895 Maie, dau. of J. C. Byrne, New York, USA; d. 20 Feb 1954. DNB.

HARRISON, HERBERT BAYLEY, brother of Sir Henry Leland Harrison (qv); b. 5 Oct 1842; adm. 4 Jun 1856 (G); QS 1857; Capt. of the School 1860; received into Roman Catholic Church while “out” for a “Sat. -Sun. ”, and left Apr 1861; took Roman Catholic orders; a priest at Brompton Oratory; d. 17 Jun 1867.

Harrison, James, son of James Harrison, M.R.C.S., Warden of Sackville Coll., East Grin­ stead, Sussex, by Mary Louise, younger daughter of Gilbert Batty, of Edinburgh; b. Dec. 14, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (G); left Dec. 1902; a clerk in the Bank of England 1904; ord. deacon 1949, priest 1950 (Durham); Curate of St. Oswald's, Durham 1949-51, of Mortlake, Surrey 1951-3; Perpetual Curate of Barbon, Wesimorland 1953-4; Curate in Charge of Middleton, Westmorland 1953-4; Vicar of Barbon and Middleton 1954-61; Chaplain to Community of St. Mary the Virgin, Spelthorne St. Mary, Thorpe, Surrey, 1961; m. 1925, Nellie, daughter of F. W. Robinson, of Cambridge.

HARRISON, JAMES; b.; adm. 12 Jun 1775; left 1779.

Harrison, John Graham, son of Engineer Rear-Adm. Jesse Hope Harrison RN of Norwood, and Mary, d. of Peter Graham RA, of Edinburgh; b. 5 Aug. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left Apr. 1929; a chartered accountant, ACA 1935, FCA 1960; practised in London; m. Mary Wood, d. of David Haddon Vickery MD, of Briton Ferry, Glam.; d. 1 Sept. 1979.

HARRISON, JOHN, eldest son of Benjamin Harrison, Mile End Green, Stepney, Middlesex, afterwards of Hornchurch, Essex, surgeon and apothecary, and Sarah, dau. of John Deane, Poplar, Middlesex, grazier; bapt. St. Dunstan’s, Stepney 2 May 1721 (IGI); adm. (aged 16) Jul 1737; left 1737; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1737/8; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Apr 1738, scholar 31 Jan 1739/40, matr. 7 Jan 1739/40; director, East India Company 1758-71, 1774-82; director, Bank of England [check]; director, Sun Fire Office (occurs 1769-80, chaiman 1781); a Lieut., City of London (occurs 1769-81); m. 28 Jul 1747 Charlotte, second dau. of Champion Branfill, Upminster Hall, Essex; d. 5 Aug 1794.