made Bishop of Rochester in the 12th year of Henry II., to whom he was Confessor. He erected the Great Hall at Hailing, and built and endowed the hospital of St. Bartholomew at Hythe, whence Fuller thinks he must have been a person of private means, the See of Rochester being poor. He resigned his bishopric before his death, which took place in 1355 at Hardwicke.
[See "Fuller's Worthies."]
George, Lord Harris,
GENERAL,
Was born at Brasted in 1746. He entered the army in 1759, and, obtaining the rank of Captain, served in America, and was present at the battle at Bunker's Hill, where he was severely wounded. After further distinguished services in that war, he proceeded to India, where he served in the campaigns against Tippoo Sultaun, and was promoted soon after to the rank of Lieut.-General, and entrusted by the Marquess Wellesley with the conduct of the war against Tippoo, which he brought to a successful termination by the capture of Seringapatam in 1799, He became General in 1812, and was raised to the peerage in 1815. He died in May. 1829, aged 82.
[See "Gentleman's Magazine," 1829.]
John Harris,
ENCYCLOPÆDIST, ETC.
(illegible text)t author and compiler is claimed as a man of Kent, his birthplace does not appear. He was
