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HARCOURT, SIMON, 1ST EARL HARCOURT, only son of Hon. Simon Harcourt MP, and Elizabeth, d. of John Evelyn; b.; adm. (aged 7) Oct 1721; in school list 1729; succ. grandfather as 2nd Viscount Harcourt 29 Jul 1727; Grand Tour (France, Italy, Germany) 1730-4; Lord of the Bedchamber to George II 9 May 1735 – 18 May 1751; attended King at battle of Dettingen 1743; Col. 76th Foot, raised by him in Oxfordshire, from 4 Oct 1745; created Earl Harcourt 1 Dec 1749; Governor to George III when Prince of Wales 1751-2; Privy Councillor 17 Apr 1751; Maj. -Gen., 8 Mar 1755; Lieut-Geen., 9 Feb 1759; Gen., 26 May 1772; Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte Sep 1761- Apr 1763; Lord Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte Apr 1763 – Nov 1768; , Ambassador at Paris 1768-72; Lord Lieut. Ireland 9 Oct 1772 – 25 Jan 1777; member, Society of Dilettanti 1736; FRS 1753; DL Oxfordshire 1763; m. 16 Oct 1735 Rebecca, only dau. of Charles Samborne Le Bas, Pipewell Abbey, Northants; drowned 16 Sep 1777, in attempt to extricate his dog from a well at Nuneham, Oxfordshire. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.