James Harris (1709–1780) attrib. Frances Reynolds, c. 1777 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Rosemary Dunhill
Harris, James (1709–1780), philosopher and musical patron, was born on 24 July 1709, probably at the family home in the close, Salisbury, now called Malmesbury House. He was the eldest of three sons of James Harris (1674–1731) and his second wife, Elizabeth (...