Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet

Who was Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet?

Sir Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris, 2nd Baronet 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 in 1932. He succeeded to the title in 1952.

He was Chief Executive of Bing, Harris and Co, a New Zealand general importing and exporting company established in 1858 by his grandfather Wolf Harris. He 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.

Sir Jack 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.