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It was first created in the Peerage of Great Britain for Lord Chancellor Simon Harcourt, who was created Baron Harcourt in 1711, Viscount Harcourt in 1721, and Earl Harcourt and Viscount Nuneham in 1749. For more information on these titles, which all became extinct in 1830, see Earl Harcourt. [2] 1st Viscount Harcourt, of the second creation
Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt PC (born Reginald Vernon Harcourt; 31 January 1863 – 24 February 1922), was a British Liberal Party politician who held the Cabinet post of Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1910 to 1915. Lord Harcourt's nickname was "Loulou".
Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, PC, FRS (1714 – 16 September 1777), known as Viscount Harcourt between 1727 and 1749, was a British diplomat and general who became Viceroy of Ireland. [ 1 ] The 1st Earl Harcourt.
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, PC (December 1661 – 29 July 1727) of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1690 until 1710.
The third viscount was created Earl Harcourt in 1749, but all titles were extinguished with the death of marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, in 1830. His cousin Edward Vernon , Archbishop of York , thus inherited the majority of that branch's lands and titles and took the name and heraldic shield of the English Harcourt family by royal ...
William Edward Harcourt, 2nd Viscount Harcourt KCMG OBE DL (5 October 1908 – 3 January 1979) was an English aristocrat and businessman. Harcourt was a member of the distinguished Harcourt family, who descended from the ancient House of Harcourt in Normandy.
Harcourt was the son of the Honourable Simon Harcourt and the grandson of Simon Harcourt, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, who had been created Baron Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt in the County of Oxford, on 3 September 1711, and Viscount Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt in the County of Oxford, on 24 July 1721. Both these titles were also ...
Photograph of her husband, the Viscount Harcourt. On 1 July 1899, she was married to Lewis Vernon Harcourt (1863–1922) at St Margaret's, Westminster.Lewis, whose nickname was "Loulou", was the only surviving son of politician Sir William Vernon Harcourt (former Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer) and his first wife, Theresa (née Villiers) Lister Harcourt (sister of George ...