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, 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-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.

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).

HARDING, JOHN COKE, son of John Harding, Argyle Street, London [presumably John Cook Harding (sic), bapt. St. Thomas, Portsmouth, Hampshire 15 Jul 1781, son of John Harding, and Ann --- (IGI)]; adm.; in school list 1795; KS (aged 14) 1796; played cricket v. Eton at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799, 31 Jul 1800; Capt. of the School 1800; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1801, adm. pens. 14 May 1801, scholar 30 Apr 1802, matr. 1804; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Jun 1805; living at Trelawne, Cornwall, in 1841 (1841 Census); m. 4 Jun 1806 (IGI) Mary, younger dau. of Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart. (qv).