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King's/PP/SC contains:
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GibbsV	Sir Vicary Gibbs
Glynn	Robert Glynn
Gordon	Cosmo Alexander Gordon
Gray	Sir James Gray
Hall	Philip Hall
HarrisWM	William Manning Harris
Haward	'Simpson's Choice'
Headlam	Walter George Headlam
Heath	John Heath
HenryIV	Henry VI
HowardF	Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
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Title	William Manning Harris
Reference	SC/HarrisWM
Covering Dates	1861–1872
Extent and Medium	1 file; paper

Content and context

William Manning Harris (c. 1847-1924, KC 1865) was called to the bar in 1875, and was a benefactor of the College.

Material relating to Harris' childhood and his career.

Further information

See also KCAR/3/3/2/25 and KCAR/3/3/2/41 for information on his bequest to the College, and SC/Albums/4 for what might have been Harris' photo album.

King's/PP/SC/HarrisWM contains:

Letters from William Manning Harris to his father. Approximately 87 autograph letters signed written from Eton between 1861 and 1864, and two letters from 1872. The letters from Eton cover life at Eton, election of a new Master, Harris' health, and his growing book collection. To request this document please use call mark: Misc. 19/7.
1 file; paper.

1861–1872

Personal papers. - transcript (date of making unknown) of a letter (Mus. Brit. Add MSS 1914.1) to Dr Jermyn from William Manning, dated 24 Aug 1840, about the Maning family;. - manuscript letter dictated by 'Willy' to his [younger] sister Joanna Emily 10 Sept [1860], about a day in Paris;. - printed 'Prologue spoken in [Eton] College Hall' 15 Dec 1864;. - printed 'Eton College Speeches' card for 6 Jun 1865;. - annotated match card for Eton v Harrow at Lord's, 13-14 Jul 1866;. - Notes to Harris: congratulations from T Maxwell, order from the Dean to attend Chapel, and invitation from Henry Bradshaw 30 Nov 1866;. - printed moral sciences tripos results for 1869;. - certificate of appointment of WMH as a solicitor of the supreme court, 19 Dec 1883;. - printed 'Idyll 22 Dec 1893 at Mr Everard's' by A C B;. - typescript extract from 'The Times' of 13 Nov 1918 requesting support for War Bonds, and two letters from the Treasury Chambers thanking Harris for £100 cheques 'as a further contribution towards the expenses of the War', 19 Feb 1917 and 2 Dec 1918; . - manuscript Latin poem about Gladstone, no date;. - undated manuscript notes about egomania and martyrdom to a conviction;.
paper and parchment.