Richard Harrison (died 1726)

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

Biography
He was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Harrison of Balls Park, Hertford, Member of Parliament for, 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.

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.

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


 * Edward was born in 1674; he became President of Madras, then Member of Parliament for, and for
 * George (born 1680) was the second surviving son (born fifth), and succeeded Edward as Member of Parliament for Hertford in 1727.
 * Thomas (born 1681), the sixth son, was Member of Parliament for from 1728.
 * Elizabeth married Edward Hughes, Member of Parliament for, in 1713.