John Dove Harris was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1874.
Occupation
politician
Position held
member of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 19th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Lord Mayor of Leicester
John Dove Harris (1809 – 20 November 1878) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1874.
Harris was the son of Richard Harris former MP for Leicester and his wife Fanny Dove, daughter of William Dove of Moulton, Northamptonshire. He was Mayor of Leicester in 1850 and in 1856. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Leicestershire, and a J.P. for Leicester.
In 1857 Harris was elected Member of Parliament for Leicester but lost the seat in 1859. He stood unsuccessfully in 1861 but was re-elected as MP for Leicester at the 1865 general election. He held the seat until 1874.
Harris died at the age of 69.
