HARCOURT, ---; b.; in school list Oct 1801.
HARCOURT, CHARLES GEORGE, ninth son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 14 Nov 1798; adm. Mich. 1809; KS 1811; Capt. of the School 1815; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1816, matr. 25 May 1816, Westminster Student; BA 1820; MA 1822; ordained deacon 18 Oct 1822, priest 17 Nov 1822 (both York); Rector of Rothbury, Northumberland, from 1822; Rector of Headon, Notts., 18 Jun 1830 – res Jun 1838; Prebendary of Southwell from 4 Jun 1830 and of Carlisle from 13 Nov 1837; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon; d. 10 Dec 1870.
HARCOURT, HON. EDWARD, brother of Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (qv); b. 10 Oct 1757; adm. 5 Apr 1769; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Jul 1774, Canoneer Student 2 Jul 1774 – void 20 Nov 1778 (election as Fellow All Souls); Fellow of All Souls Coll., Oxford 1778; BCL 1780; DCL 1786; ordained; Rector of Sudbury, Derbs.; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 13 Oct 1785 – Jan 1808; Prebendary of Gloucester 10 Nov 1785 – Nov 1791; consecrated Bishop of Carlisle 6 Nov 1791; Archbishop of York from 19 Jan 1808; Privy Councillor 20 Jan 1808; Lord High Almoner from 23 Jan 1808; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon 15 Jan 1831, on inheriting estates of his cousin William, 3rd Earl Harcourt; m. 5 Feb 1784 Lady Anne Leveson Gower, dau. of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (qv); d. 5 Nov 1847. DNB.
HARCOURT, EGERTON, eleventh son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 12 May 1803; adm. 30 Mar 1815; KS (Capt. ) 1816; Capt. of the School 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1821, matr. 2 Jun 1821, Westminster Student (still 1829); 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1824; BA 1825; MA 1828; called to bar, Inner Temple 25 Jun 1830; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon; Principal Registrar, Province and Dioces of York, from 1842; Busby Trustee 2 May 1857; m. 8 Dec 1859 Laura Emma, youngest dau. of Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner, Bart.; d. 19 Oct 1883.
HARCOURT, GEORGE GRANVILLE, eldest son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 6 Aug 1785; adm. 14 Mar 1796 (Clapham); KS (Capt. ) 1798; Capt. of the School 1802; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1803, matr. 23 May 1803, Westminster Student; BA 1808; MA 1810; MP Lichfield 1806-31, Oxfordshire from 1831; “Father” of House of Commons; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon 15 Jan 1831; of Stanton Harcourt and Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire; DL JP Oxfordshire; m. 1st, 27 Mar 1815 Lady Elizabeth Bingham, eldest dau. of Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (qv); m. 2nd, 30 Sep 1847 Frances Elizabeth, Countess Waldegrave, widow of John James Waldegrave, Navestock, Essex, and of George Edward Waldegrave, 7th Earl Waldegrave, dau. of John Braham, tenor singer; d. 19 Dec 1861.
HARCOURT, GEORGE SIMON, 2ND EARL HARCOURT, elder son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (qv); b. 1 Aug 1736; adm. May 1746 (Ludford's); left 1748; styled Viscount Nuneham 1749-77; Grand Tour (Germany, Italy) 1754-6; MP St. Albans 1761-8; Page of Honour to George III at his coronation 22 Sep 1761; succ. father as 2nd Earl Harcourt 16 Sep 1777; DCL Oxford Univ. 31 Aug 1786; Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte from 9 Mar 1790; FSA 27 Feb 1766; DL Oxfordshire 1762; m. 26 Sep 1765 his first cousin Hon. Elizabeth Venables-Vernon, Lady of Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, sister of George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (qv); d. 20 Apr 1809.
HARCOURT, HENRY, sixth son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 1791; adm. 8 Dec 1801 (Clapham, subsequently Best); shared a room up Best’s in 1804 with William Blamire (qv) and Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort (qv) (Harcourt Papers, xii, 304); left 1807; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 17 Mar 1808; Lieut. and Capt., 21 Jan 1813; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., unattached 2 Apr 1825; Capt. and Lieut-Col., 1st Foot Guards 14 Apr 1825; retd. 31 Dec 1830; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon 15 Jan 1831; m. 20 Apr 1835 Lady Frances Harley, dau. of Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford (qv); d. 25 Feb 1853.
HARCOURT, JOHN, third son of Philip Harcourt, Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex, and Rlizabeth, d. of Timothy Woodruffe MD, Lawton Hope, Herefs.; bapt. 20 Jan 1708/9; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1719; in under school list 1725; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1726; BA 1730; MA 1737; of Ankerwycke, Bucks.; m. 1st, Anne Parker, Brentwood, Essex; m. 2nd, 7 Aug 1771 Margaret Irene, dau. of John Sarney, Somerset House, London; d. 30 Sep 1785.
HARCOURT, JOHN, son of Rev. James Harcourt DD, Prebendary of Bristol and Vicar of All Saints, Bristol, Somerset, and Sarah, dau. of John Price; bapt. Bristol Cathedral 13 May 1717; adm. Mar 1727/8; KS (aged 14) 1731; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1736, matr. 25 Jun 1736, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1736 – res 10 Apr 1740; succeeded under will of uncle Charles Harcourt to Dan-y-Parc estate, Llangattock, Breconshire 1748; High Sheriff, Breconshire 1756; m. 5 Jul 1759 Letitia Sarah Maria, dau. of George Milborne, Wonastow, Monmouthshire; d. 2 Oct 1781 (M. I. Cheltenham, Gloucs. ).
HARCOURT, LEVESON, third son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); bapt. 9 Jun 1788; adm. 11 Sep 1798 (Clapham); KS (aged 12) 1801; Capt. of the School 1805; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1806, matr. 17 May 1806; BA 1810; MA 1812 (incorp. Cambridge 1854); ordained deacon 8 Mar 1812, priest 2 Aug 1812 (both York); Vicar of Sutton in the Forest, Yorks., 7 Aug 1812; Chancellor of York from 30 May 1827; Rector of Beckenham, Kent 29 May 1835 –8; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon 15 Jan 1831; author, The Doctrine of the Deluge, 1838, and other works; m. 19 Aug 1815 Hon. Caroline Mary Peachey, eldest dau. of John Peachey, 2nd Baron Selsey; d. 26 Jul 1860. DNB.