Sir Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris, 2nd Baronet (23 July 1906 – 26 August 2009) was a New Zealand businessman, and the second baronet of the Harris Baronetcy of Bethnal Green, County of London which was created for his father Sir Percy Harris (1876–1952) in 1932. Frieda Harris was his mother. He succeeded to the title in 1952.

Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris
2nd Baronet
Born(1906-07-23)23 July 1906
London, England
Died26 August 2009(2009-08-26) (aged 103)
Porirua, New Zealand
EducationShrewsbury School
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge
OccupationBusinessman
Parents
RelativesChristopher Harris (son)

Harris was born in London, and educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he received a BA. He came to New Zealand in 1926.

Harris was chief executive (1936–1970) of Bing, Harris and Co., a New Zealand general importing and exporting company established in 1858 by his grandfather, Wolf Harris (1858–1926). He later lived in Waikanae near Wellington. He died aged 103 on 26 August 2009 at a rest home in the suburb of Whitby in Porirua.[1] Upon his death, he was succeeded as baronet by his son, Christopher John Ashford Harris, as 3rd Baronet.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Pioneering NZ business man dies at 103". 3 News. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. ^ "No fuss needed for Wadestown's baronet". The Timaru Herald. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of London)
1952–2009
Succeeded by