John Harness

(1755 c.-1818)

LBT ID: JoHarne1818	B/BAP: 1755 DIED: 1818
SOURCES: Bodleian Library: Harness family papers, 1793-1852
The father of Byron's childhood friend William Harness; he was a naval surgeon, friend of Admiral Nelson, and physician to the Mediterranean Fleet (1796-98).
REFERENCES TO John Harness: William Harness to George Mitford, 31 July 1808 in Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 7: Edinburgh Found 1: ¶ 1 L'Estrange, A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan), 1832-1915, Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter I. Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ 4