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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.

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.