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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.

HARCOURT, RICHARD, son of Richard Harcourt, St. Clement’s parish, London, Master of the Crown Office, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Philip Harcourt, Kt. MP; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 9 Apr 1714 (IGI); adm. (aged 7) Nov 1721; Min. Can. 1727; left 1729; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. gent. commoner 2 Jun 1729; BA 1732; adm. Inner Temple 17 May 1729, called to bar 25 Jun 1737, tenant chambers there from 1744; MP Sussex 9 Dec 1768-74; of Great Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex; m. 30 Jun 1733 Phoebe, dau. of Charles Palmer, Dorney Court, Bucks.; d. 2 May 1777.

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.

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.