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Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt, KC (14 October 1827 – 1 October 1904) was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He was Member of Parliament for Oxford, Derby then West Monmouthshire and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of the Opposition.
Harcourt was born at Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, the only surviving son of politician Sir William Vernon Harcourt and his first wife, Maria Theresa Lister. He was originally christened with the name Reginald, in honour of his father's university friend Reginald Cholmondeley, but when George Cornewall Lewis died just over two months after, he was rechristened with the name Lewis. [1]
Rev. William Venables-Vernon Harcourt (1789 – April 1871) was an English cleric, founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, [1] canon residentiary of the York Cathedral, and later rector of Bolton Percy.
William Vernon Harcourt may refer to: William Vernon Harcourt (scientist) (1789–1871), father of the politician, and founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science William Vernon Harcourt (politician) (1827–1904), son of the scientist, and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Augustus George Vernon Harcourt FRS (24 December 1834 – 23 August 1919) was an English chemist who spent his career at Oxford University. He was one of the first scientists to do quantitative work in the field of chemical kinetics. His uncle, William Vernon Harcourt (1789–1871), founded the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (1743–1830), English nobleman and soldier; William Harcourt (martyr) (1609–1679), English martyr; William Vernon Harcourt (scientist) (1789–1871), founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; William Harcourt (politician) (1827–1904), British Liberal statesman
William Harcourt may refer to: William Vernon Harcourt (scientist) (1789–1871), British scientist; William Harcourt (politician) (1827–1904), British Liberal politician; William Harcourt (martyr), Catholic martyr, victim of the Titus Oates plot; William Harcourt, villain in the film Alien Nation (named for the people above)
Harcourt was born in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, the son of Matilda Mary Gooch and Rev. William Vernon Harcourt who was a scientist, and grandson of Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York. His brother was the politician Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the Opposition. [1]