RobertGeorgeCanningHarris, 4thBaronHarris (born St Anne's, Trinidad 3 February 1851, died 24 March 1932), better known as just Lord Harris was a British politician and cricket player.
He was born in Trinidad when his father, GeorgeHarris, 3rd BaronHarris, was serving as Governor there, then moved to Madras when his father was posted to the governorship there.
Lord Harris served in the House of Lords as Under-Secretary of State for India from 25 June, 1885, then as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War from 4 August, 1886 to 1890 in the Conservative Government.
In 1883 the first Duke of Westminster refused to renew the lease in reversion from 1903 because that was 'the date fixed in that block as the limit for the old houses to be kept up', but by 1895 had changed his mind, and a lease to 1942 was granted.
Robert Petre or his father, the ninth Baron Petre, had £1,988-worth of work done on the house under the architect Samuel Wyatt, when the back wall was rebuilt and new rooms added.
In 1885 the occupant was refused a lease in reversion from 1910 because, in the estate surveyor's opinion, 'the house is not a good one', and in 1893 an incoming tenant, Colonel Ralph Vivian, who was to occupy it until 1924, laid out £12,000 upon it—mostly, it was said later, in structural repairs.
RobertGeorgeCanningHarris, 4thBaronHarris, born: St Anne's, Trinidad 3rd February 1851 (his father was serving as Governor there), died: 24th March 1932.
In the 1880s, Lord Harris took it upon himself to lead a movement to stop the Professional sportsmen from being "prevented from reaching the highest ranks by unnecessary restrictions".
George Kelly of California, the children of the deceased, we extend the most heartfelt sympathy.
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Porter, Robert Percival. Industrial Cuba: being a study of present commercial and industrial conditions, with suggestions as to the opportunities presented in the Island for American capital, enterprise, and labour. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899.
Tomes, Robert. Panama in 1855: an account of the Panama rail-road, of the cities of Panama and Aspinwall, with sketches of life and character on the Isthmus. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855.
Rule, William Harris. Memoir of a mission to Gibraltar and Spain: with collateral notices of events favouring Religious liberty, and of the decline of Romish power in that country, from the beginning of this century to the year 1842. London: John Mason, 1844.
Explaining that he does not yet know when he can come to a meeting about her school, and expressing doubts over his ability to help her.
Reporting that the War Office has more recruits than they can manage, so the campaign will be slowed down, and suggesting a series of political meetings ('open-air meetings are the most effective') rather than one large gathering.
Asking his opinion in the case of a man from Newcastle ('And if you think nothing can be done will you send me a letter that I may forward to my correspondent putting an end to the matter').