James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury

James Edward Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury (19 August 1778 – 10 September 1841) was a British peer, styled Viscount FitzHarris from 1800 to 1820.

Though the son of a great British statesman, James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, the young James Harris did but dabble in politics. His real interests lay in being a sportsman. The second Earl was known for his meticulous records of what game he killed as well as his records of local and national British weather. He built up an extensive collection of stuffed game, which, upon his family's sale of Greywell Hill House in 1950, was donated to various museums.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Helston 1802–1804, Horsham 1804–1807, Heytesbury 1807–1812 and Wilton 1816–1820

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Malmesbury

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Abbot Lord Francis Osborne	Member of Parliament for Helston 1802–1804 With: John Penn	Succeeded by John Penn Davies Giddy
Preceded by Edward Hilliard Patrick Ross	Member of Parliament for Horsham 1804–1807 With: Edward Hilliard	Succeeded by Francis John Wilder Love Jones-Parry
Preceded by Charles Moore Michael Symes	Member of Parliament for Heytesbury 1807–1812 With: Charles Moore	Succeeded by Samuel Hood Charles Duncombe
Preceded by Ralph Sheldon Captain Hon. Charles Herbert	Member of Parliament for Wilton 1816–1820 With: Ralph Sheldon	Succeeded by Ralph Sheldon John Penruddocke
Political offices
Preceded by George Walpole Sir Francis Vincent	Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1807	Succeeded by Charles Bagot
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Bolton	Vice-Admiral of Hampshire 1807–1831	Succeeded by The Lord Yarborough
	Governor of the Isle of Wight 1807–1841	Succeeded by The Lord Heytesbury
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by James Harris	Earl of Malmesbury 1820–1841	Succeeded by James Harris