Edward Harris (Irish judge)

Arms of Harris of Cornworthy: Sable, an antelope salient argent armed and crined or[1]

Sir Edward Harris (1575–1636) of Cornworthy in Devon, was an English-born judge and politician in seventeenth-century Ireland. He was Chief Justice of Munster in Ireland, and sat as Member of Parliament for Clonakilty 1613–1615 in the Irish House of Commons of the Parliament of Ireland. He was the grandfather of the faith healer Valentine Greatrakes, and brother of the poet Lady Anne Southwell.

Elrington Ball describes him as a man who acquired "both wealth and friends" in Ireland.[2] He was given to the ostentatious display of his riches, and often wore a valuable jewel on a gold chain. He was a devoted father, especially to his daughters.

  1. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.452
  2. ^ Ball, F. Elrington, The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921, London, 1926