Harcourt-Smith, Highat Cecil, son of Sir Cecil Harcourt Smith, of South Kensington, by Alice Edith, daughter of H. W. Watson, of Burnopfield, co. Durham; b. April 16, 1899; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (A); left April 1917; Midshipman R. N. June 15, 1918; A.D.C. to High Commissioner, Egypt, 1926-8; Lieut.-Cdr.; abandoned the use of the name Highat, and assumed Harcourt as part of his surname; m. 1st Jan. 31, 1921, Ursula Maud, daughter of Wyndham Cook, of Chelsea, 2nd --; d. March 18, 1956.
HARCOURT-VERNON, EDWARD LEVESON, third son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv); b. 8 Apr 1824; adm. 17 Jan 1838 (G); QS 1838; d. at Lausanne, Switzerland 16 Oct 1840.
HARCOURT-VERNON, EVELYN HARDOLPH, second son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv); b. 30 Aug 1821; adm. 21 Jan 1835 (Benthall's); KS 1835; left 1839; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1839; BCL 1843; ordained deacon (Ripon, lit. dim. from York) 16 Feb 1845, priest (Lincoln) 1846; Rector of Headon, Notts., 17 Jul 1846 – Apr 1883; Vicar of Grove, Notts., 17 Jul 1846 – Sep 1859; Rector of Cotgrave, Notts., 1859-73; Vicar of Grove, Notts., 6 Nov 1873 – Jan 1883; Prebendary of Lincoln from 1866; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 19 Apr 1849 Jane Catherine, youngest dau. of Edward St. John Mildmay; d. at Toronto, Canada 26 Jan 1890.
HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE EDWARD, eldest son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv), and his first wife; b. 23 Nov 1816; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1830; Capt. of the School 1834; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; Private Secretary to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (qv), when Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to Earl of Lincoln MP, when Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Chief Secretary for Ireland; MP (Peelite) Newark 1852-7; m. 23 Nov 1854 Lady Selina Catherine Meade, only dau. of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam PC GCH, Ambassador at Berlin; d. 1 Feb 1861.
HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE, seventh son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 26 Jul 1792; adm. Bartholomewtide 1804; KS (Capt. ) 1805; Capt. of the School 1809; spoke the Prologue to the Phormio in 1809, when the new scenes given by William Carey (qv) were first used; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1813; BA 1814; MA 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Dec 1811, called to bar 12 May 1817; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1818-68; MP Aldborough 4 May 1815-20, East Retford 1831-47; assumed surname of Harcourt-Vernon in lieu of Venables-Vernon; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 1st, 22 Feb 1814 Frances Julia, dau. of Anthony Hardolph Eyre MP, Grove Park, Notts.; m. 2nd, 22 Nov 1845 Hon. Pyne Jesse Brand, widow of John Henry Cotterell, and dau. of Henry Otway Brand, 22nd Baron Dacre CB, Lieut. -Gen. in Army, Col. 31st Foot; d. 8 Dec 1879.
Harden, Donald Benjamin, son of Rt Rev. John Mason Harden, Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, and Constance Caroline, d. of William Sparrow of Clonmel, co. Tipperary; b. 8 July 1901; adm. Sept. 1914 (H), non-res. KS Sept. 1916; left July 1920; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1920, sen. schol. 1922, BA 1923 (1st class hons Classical Trip. Pt 2), MA 1932; sen. asst Humanity Dept. Univ. of Aberdeen 1924-6; Commonwealth Fund Fellow Michigan Univ. 1926-8, PhD; Michigan Univ. expedition to Egypt 1928-9; asst Keeper Dept. of Antiquities Ashmolean Museum 1929-45, Keeper 1945-56; FSA 1944, Vice-Pres. 1949-53 and 1964-7; Pres. Council for Brit. Archaeology 1950-4; Leverhulme Fellowship for res. on ancient glass 1953; Dir. London Museum 1956-70; Roy. Commn on Historic Monuments (England) 1963-71; OBE 1956, CBE 1969; Gold Medal Soc. of Antiquaries 1977; hon. FBA 1987; author of Roman Glass from Karanis 1936, The Phoenicians 1962, rev. 1971 and 1980; m. 1st 6 July 1934 Cecil Ursula, d. of Rev. James Adolphus Harriss, Vicar of St Andrew, Oxford; 2nd 31 Mar. 1965 Dorothy May, d. of Daniel Herbert McDonald, chartered accountant, of Melbourne, Australia; d. 13 Apr. 1994.
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HARDEPENYE, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540 (PRO, Exc. Aug. Office, Misc. Books, 24).
HARDEPENYE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540 (PRO, Exc. Aug. Office, Misc. Books, 24).
HARDEPENYE, ROBERT; b.; GS 1540 (British Library, Additional MSS, 40061).