Francis Capel Harrison (21 June 1863 – 10 September 1938) was a

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civil servant and Conservative Party politician. The second son of Edward Francis Harrison of the

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(ICS), he was educated at

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and

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. He entered the ICS in 1884, initially serving in the Executive in

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, after five years he moved to the financial department in

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. He rose to be Comptroller, Auditor-General, and Head Commissioner of Paper Currency. He was made a Companion of the Star of India in 1909. He retired and returned to the United Kingdom in 1911. He entered politics in 1916 when he was co-opted onto the

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to fill a

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vacancy on the aldermanic bench in place of Cyril Jackson, who had resigned. He served until 1922. The Municipal Reformers were the majority party on the council, closely allied to the national Conservative Party. Harrison was appointed chairman of the council's finance committee, but resigned the position in March 1922 as he disagreed with his party over "the matter of economy". He condemned the council for what he called "excessive expenditure on housing and in other directions". Following his resignation he authored an article in ''

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'' calling for the government to make deep cuts in spending. At the 1922 general election he was elected as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Lambeth, Kennington. He was also supported by the

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. He stood down from parliament when a further general election was held in

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. One of 12 children, Harrison’s siblings included the inventor and industrialist Herbert C. Harrison. He never married and died at his home, "White Hall",

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, in 1938, aged 75.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Francis Capel 1863 births 1938 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1922–1923 Politics of the London Borough of Lambeth People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Companions of the Order of the Star of India Members of London County Council British civil servants in British India People from the Bengal Presidency