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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.
Anthony William Vernon-Harcourt, 11th Baron Vernon (b. 1939) The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Hon. Simon Anthony Vernon-Harcourt (b. 1969). The heir apparent's heir presumptive is his younger brother, Hon. Edward William Vernon-Harcourt (b. 1973) The heir apparent's heir presumptive's heir is his son Freddie Vernon-Harcourt (b. 2007)
Sir William Vernon Harcourt became Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hugh Childers Home Secretary and future prime minister the Earl of Rosebery Foreign Secretary. Lord Selborne and Sir Henry James both rejected the Lord Chancellorship , a post, which, however, was accepted by Sir Farrer Herschell , who was ennobled as Baron Herschell.
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
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]
A man who participated in the robbery of a Mount Vernon 17-year-old that left the teenager dead was sentenced Monday to 12 years in state prison.
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)
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