Sir Christopher Harris, 3rd Baronet

Sir Christopher John Ashford Harris, 3rd Baronet (26 August 1934 – 26 April 2022) was a New Zealand businessman, and the third baronet of the Harris Baronetcy of Bethnal Green, County of London, which was created for his grandfather, Percy Harris, in 1932.

Biography Born in Wellington on 26 August 1934, Harris was the son of Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris and Patricia Penman. His mother was a feminist and writer, while his father was a businessman who succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Harris, of Bethnal Green, County of London, in 1952. The baronetcy was created for Jack Harris's father, the British Liberal Party politician, Percy Harris, in 1932.

Harris was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School from 1948 to 1952. On 24 April 1957, he married Anna Karen de Malmanche, and the couple went on to have three children. He was also a director of Todd Corporation. and was in charge of Stephen Franks' unsuccessful campaign for the at the 2008 general election. Harris was involved in the "Vote For Change" group that campaigned against the MMP voting system in the 2011 New Zealand voting system referendum. In 2023, his son, Andrew Frederick Ashford Harris, proved succession to the baronetcy.