Henry Harris

Sir Henry Percy Harris (8 September 1856 - 23 August 1941) was a British Conservative Party politician who served first on the London County Council, and then as a Member of Parliament.

Henry Percy Harris was born on 8 September 1856, the son of Sir George David Harris, a member of the London County Council from its creation in January 1889. Henry Harris was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford University, before qualifying as a barrister in 1881.

Harris was elected as Conservative and Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Paddington South at the general elections of January and December 1910. In the 1918 general election he stood as a Conservative supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition Government and was re-elected unopposed. He then retired from Parliament and did not contest the 1922 general election.

In 1917 he was appointed a Knight Commander (KBE) of the Order of the British Empire for his services as Chairman of the London War Pensions Committee.

He died on 23 August 1941 at the age of 84.