a three-cornered fight with Labour he lost to Hudson by 4,794 votes. Harris tried to regain his seat the 1929 general election. In a tight three-cornered fight in which he gained 31.4% of the poll, to Hudson's 35.7% and Labour's 32.9%, he fell into third place. 1931 Harris tried once more to re-enter the House of Commons. At the 1931 general election he fought the Wiltshire seat of Westbury. This must have seemed a winnable seat as the result at the 1929 general election had been a narrow victory for the Conservative Richard Long by just 67 votes over the Liberal Harcourt Johnstone, with Labour in third place. However, in the conditions of the 1931 general election and the crisis which had led to the formation of the National Government of Ramsay MacDonald, although neither Conservative nor Liberal candidates fought with the suffix National on their descriptions, the Tory Robert Grimston seems to have picked up the pro-government surge and won with a majority of 5,935 over Harris with Labour in third place. Harris did not stand for Parliament again. Knighthood Harris was knighted in the New Year Honours list of 1933 for his services to the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society. Death Harris died suddenly from bronchitis and a cerebral haemorrhage on 30 April 1940 in the garden of his home in Frome, aged 65 years. His death was unexpected as he had been at work only a few days before. Publications Coolie Labour in the British Crown Colonies and Protectorates – Edward Hughes & Co, London 1910 Domestic Slavery in Southern Nigeria – Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, London 1911 Dawn in Darkest Africa – Smith, Elder & Co, London 1912 Present Conditions in the Congo – Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, London 1912 Portuguese Slavery, Britain’s Dilemma – Methuen & Co, London 1913 Germany’s Lost Colonial Empire – Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, London 1917 The Greatest Land Case in British History: The Struggle for Native Rights in Rhodesia before the Judicial Committee of His Majesty’s Privy Council – Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, London 1918 Africa – Slave or Free? – Student Christian Movement; 1919 The Fight for Vegetable Oils: The right of native races to sell their produce – Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, London 1919 The Chartered Millions: Rhodesia and the Challenge to the British Commonwealth – Swarthmore Press, London 1920 The Mandatory System after Five