James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury

The Right Honourable The Earl of Malmesbury GCB PC
The 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, c. 1867
Leader of the House of Lords
In office 27 February 1868 – 1 December 1868
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	The Earl of Derby
Succeeded by	The Earl Granville
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 21 February 1874 – 12 August 1876
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	The Viscount Halifax
Succeeded by	The Earl of Beaconsfield
In office 6 July 1866 – 1 December 1868
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	The Duke of Argyll
Succeeded by	The Earl of Kimberley
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 26 February 1858 – 18 June 1859
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	The Earl of Clarendon
Succeeded by	Lord John Russell
In office 27 February 1852 – 28 December 1852
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	The Earl Granville
Succeeded by	Lord John Russell
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 11 September 1841 – 17 May 1889 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 2nd Earl of Malmesbury
Succeeded by	The 4th Earl of Malmesbury
Member of Parliament for Wilton
In office 22 July 1841 – 10 September 1841
Preceded by	Edward Baker
Succeeded by	James Agar
Personal details
Born	25 March 1807 (2024-08-24UTC16:28:04)
Died	17 May 1889 (1889-05-18) (aged 82)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	1 Lady Corisande Emma Bennet (d. 1876) (2) Susan Hamilton (d. 1935)
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford

James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, GCB, PC (25 March 1807 – 17 May 1889), styled Viscount FitzHarris from 1820 to 1841, was a British statesman of the Victorian era.