Richard Harrison (died 1726)

Richard Harrison
Member of Parliament
In office 1669 1679
Personal details
Born	1646 (1646)
Died	1726 (aged 79–80)
Spouse	Audrey Villiers ​ (m. 1668)​
Children	14, including Edward, George and Thomas
Parent	Sir John Harrison (father)
Relatives	Lady Ann Fanshawe (sister) William Harrison (half-brother) George Villiers (father-in-law) Edward Hughes (son-in-law)
Education	Peterhouse, Cambridge

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

Biography

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

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

• Edward was born in 1674; he became President of Madras, then Member of Parliament for Weymouth, and for Hertford^[4]
• George (born 1680) was the second surviving son (born fifth), and succeeded Edward as Member of Parliament for Hertford in 1727.^[5]
• Thomas (born 1681), the sixth son, was Member of Parliament for Old Sarum from 1728.^[6]
• Elizabeth married Edward Hughes, Member of Parliament for Saltash, in 1713.^[7]

Notes

1. "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.