Constituency : St Pancras West 1885-92, Cirencester 1893-5, Mile End 1905-06, 1910-12 , 1912-16 ( from 1905 Liberal Unionist , from 1912 Conservative )
Harry took the new seat of St Pancras West.
Harry was the son and heir of the Conservative, Baron Burnham who owned The Daily Telegraph. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He was treasurer of the Free Land League, vice president of the Municipal Reform League and on the executive committee of the Municipal Federation League.
Harry supported the Compulsory Purchase of Land Bill saying it was "most unjust that the public should be robbed at every turn simply to give a bribe and a sop to the landed interest".
In 1889 Harry was elected to London County Council and in 1891 he became entitled to practise as a barrister.
The Conservatives took over at St Pancras West in 1892 with Harry re-entering for Cirencester at a by-election in 1893. The by-election was re-run after Harry challenged his opponent's victory by 3 votes.
After his defeat in 1895, Harry decided he could no longer support the Home Rule policy and joined the Liberal Unionists.
He took over the proprietorship of the Daily Telegraph in 1903. He eventually returned for Mile End in 1905 but lost the seat in the following year's election. He won it back in January 1910.
From 1902 to 1913 Harry had held a commission in the Royal Buckingham Hussars and on the outbreak of World War One he rejoined as a training officer.
Harry vacated his seat in 1916 on succeeding to his father's peerage. He was upgraded to a Viscount in 1919.
After the war Harry chaired the Standing Joint Committee on Education formulating new teachers pay scales in all state schools. He chaired International Labour Conferences in 1921-23 and the World Press Conference in 1927.
In 1928 Harry sold the Daily Telegraph to Lord Camrose.
He died in 1933 aged 70.
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