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Harcourt, Viscount (GB, 1721 - 1830)

Creation: let.pat. 11 Sep 1721

Extinct: 17 Jun 1830

Family name: Harcourt

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Arms:

See Earl Harcourt

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Simon [Harcourt], 1st Baron Harcourt later 1st Viscount Harcourt, PC

only son and heir of Sir Philip Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford, by his first wife Anne Waller, dau. of Sir William Waller, of Osterley Park, co. Middlesex

born

Dec 1661

mar. (1)

18 Oct 1680 Rebecca Clark (bur. 16 May 1687 at Chipping Norton, co. Oxford), dau. of Rev Thomas Clark

children by first wife

1. Hon Simon Harcourt MP (b. c. 1685; dvp. 1 Jul 1720), mar. Elizabeth Evelyn, sister of Sir John Evelyn, 1st Bt., of Wotton, co. Surrey, and dau. of John Evelyn, barrister and a Commissioner of the Irish Revenue (by his wife Martha Spencer, dau. and cohrss. of Richard Spencer), son and heir ap. of John Evelyn, of Sayes Court, Deptford, and Wotton, co. Surrey, the famous diarist, and had issue:

1a. Simon Harcourt, later 2nd Viscount Harcourt later 1st Earl Harcourt

1a. Martha Harcourt (b. 15 Jul 1715; d. 8 Apr 1794; bur. at Sudbury, co. Derby), mar. 10 Apr 1744 as his third wife George [Vernon later Venables-Vernon], 1st Baron Vernon, and had issue:

1b. Hon Henry Venables-Vernon later Sedley later Venables-Vernon, later 3rd Baron Vernon

2b. Hon William Venables-Vernon (dvp. young)

3b. Right Hon and Most Rev Edward Venables-Vernon later Vernon-Harcourt DD, of Nuneham Courtenay and Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford, Prebendary of Gloucester 1785-91, Bishop of Carlisle 1791-1807, Archbishop of York 1807-47, succeeded to the Harcourt estates on the death of his first cousin William [Harcourt], 3rd Earl Harcourt, on 17 Jun 1830 and assumed by Royal Warrant the name and arms of Harcourt the next year (b. 10 Oct 1757; d. 5 Feb 1847), mar. 5 Feb 1784 Lady Anne Leveson-Gower (d. 16 Nov 1832), 3rd dau. of Granville [Leveson-Gower], 1st Marquess of Stafford, by his second wife Lady Louisa Egerton, 1st dau. and cohrss. in her issue by his second wife of Scroop [Egerton], 1st Duke of Bridgewater, and had issue:

1c. George Granville Vernon-Harcourt later Harcourt, of Nuneham Courtenay and Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford, Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1806-31 and for Oxfordshire 1831-61 (b. 6 Aug 1785; d. 19 Dec 1861), mar. (1) 27 Mar 1815 Lady Elizabeth Bingham (d. 9 Sep 1838), 1st dau. of Richard [Bingham], 2nd Earl of Lucan, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Howard, former wife of Bernard Edward [Howard], 12th Duke of Norfolk, and 3rd dau. and cohrss. by his second wife of Henry [Belasyse], 2nd Earl Fauconberg, and (2) 30 Sep 1847 Frances Elizabeth Anne Waldegrave (b. 4 Jan 1821; widow of (1) her second husband's elder but illegitimate brother John James Henry Waldegrave, of Navestock, co. Essex, and (2) George Edward [Waldegrave], 7th Earl Waldegrave; mar. (4) 20 Jan 1863 Chichester Samuel [Parkinson-Fortescue], 1st Baron Carlingford later 2nd Baron Clermont; d. 5 Jul 1879), dau. of John Braham, a noted tenor, by his wife Frances Bolton, dau. of George Bolton, of Ardwick, co. Lancaster, and had issue by his first wife:

1d. Elizabeth Lavinia Harcourt (d. 16 Oct 1858), mar. 7 Jan 1835 Montagu [Bertie], 6th Earl of Abingdon, and had issue

2c. Edward Vernon-Harcourt (b. 1787; dvp. 1806)

3c. Rev Leveson Vernon-Harcourt, Chancellor of York Minster (b. 1788; dsp. 26 Jul 1860), mar. 19 Aug 1815 Hon Caroline Mary Peachey (dsp. 16 Jul 1871), only dau. of John [Peachey], 2nd Baron Selsey, by his wife Hester Elizabeth Jennings, dau. of George Jennings, of Newsells in Barkway, co. Hertford

4c. Rev William Vernon-Harcourt later Harcourt, Canon of York Minster (b. Jun 1789; d. 1 Apr 1871), mar. 11 Jul 1824 Matilda Mary Gooch (d. 19 Nov 1876), dau. of Col William Gooch, and had issue:

1d. Edward William Harcourt DL, of Nuneham Courtenay and Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford, Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire 1878-86 (b. 26 Jun 1825; d. 19 dec 1891), mar. 26 Jun 1849 Lady Susan Harriet Holroyd (d. 5 Apr 1894), only dau. of George Augustus Frederick Charles [Holroyd], 2nd Earl of Sheffield, by his wife Lady Harriet Lascelles, 1st dau. of Henry [Lascelles], 2nd Earl of Harewood, and had issue:

1e. Aubrey Harcourt JP DL, of Nuneham Courtenay and Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 18945 and 1897 (b. 16 Aug 1852; d. 22 Mar 1904)

1e. Edith Harcourt (b. c. 1856; d. 6 Jan 1944; bur. at Ewerby, co. Lincoln), mar. 27 Oct 1875 Murray Edward Gordon [Finch-Hatton], 12th Earl of Winchilsea, and had issue

2d. Rt Hon Sir William George Granville Harcourt DL KC, of Nuneham Courtenay and Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford, and of Malwood, Lyndhurst, co. Hampshire, Member of Parliament for Oxford 1868-80, for Derby 1880-95 and for West Monmouth 1895-1904, Solicitor-General 1873-74, knighted 1873, Home Secretary 1880-85, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1886 and 1892-95 (b. 14 Oct 1827; d. 1 Oct 1904), mar. (1) 5 Nov 1859 Maria Thérese Lister (d. 1 Feb 1863), 1st dau. of Thomas Henry Lister, of Armytage Park, co. Stafford, by his wife Maria Theresa Villiers, sister of George William [Villiers], 4th Earl of Clarendon, and only dau. of Hon George Villiers (by his wife Hon Theresa Parker, sister of John [Parker], 1st Earl of Morley, and only dau. by his second wife of John [Parker], 1st Baron Boringdon), 3rd son of Thomas [Villiers], 1st Earl of Clarendon, and had issue:

1e. Julian Harcourt (b. 6 Oct 1860; dvp. 2 Mar 1862)

2e. Rt Hon Lewis Harcourt MP, later 1st Viscount Harcourt

Sir William George Granville Harcourt mar. (2) 2 Dec 1876 Elizabeth Cabot Ives (widow of Thomas Poynton Ives, of Rhode Island, USA; d. 1 Apr 1928), dau. of Hon John Lothrop Motley, US Ambassador to London, and had further issue:

2e. Robert Harcourt, Member of Parliament (Liberal) for Montrose Burghs 1908-18, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary 1908 (b. 7 May 1878; d. 8 Sep 1962), mar. 26 Jul 1911 Marjorie Laura Cunard (d. 4 Nov 1977), only dau. of William Samuel Cunard (by his wife Mary Ada May, dau. of J May), 1st son of William Cunard (by his wife Laura Charlotte Haliburton, sister of Arthur Lawrence [Haliburton], 1st Baron Haliburton, and dau. of Hon Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Nova Scotia), 2nd son of Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Bt., by his wife Susan Duffus, dau. of William Duffus, and had issue

1d. Emily Julia Harcourt (d. 20 Dec 1913)

2d. Cecilia Caroline Harcourt (d. 17 Feb 1912), mar. 18 Feb 1864 Admiral Sir Edward Bridges Rice KCB, of Dane Court, co. Kent (d. 30 Oct 1902), and had issue

3d. Selina Anne Harcourt (dsp. 14 Sep 1883), mar. 8 Jun 1854 Sir Warwick Charles Morshead, 3rd Bt., of Trenant

4d. Mary Annabella Harcourt (d. 11 Jul 1917), mar. 24 Apr 1860 George de la Poer Beresford JP DL, of Aubawn, co. Cavan, High Sheriff of co. Cavan 1867, Member of Parliament for Armagh 1875-85 (b. 22 Apr 1831; d. 3 Aug 1906), 1st son of Most Rev Marcus Gervais Beresford DD, Archbishop of Armagh (by his first wife Mary Digby, widow of R E Digby, of Geashell, and dau. of Col Henry Peisley L'Estrange, of Moystown, King's County). 2nd son of Rt Rev George de la Poer Beresford DD, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh (by his wife Frances Bushe, dau. of Gervais Parker Bushe MP, of Kilfane), 2nd son of Rt Hon John Beresford (by his first wife Ann Constantin de Ligondes, dau. of General Count de Ligondes, of Auvergne, France), 2nd son of Marcus [Beresford], 1st Earl of Tyrone, by his wife Lady Katherine Power, suo jure Baroness La Poer, only dau. and hrss. of James [Power], 3rd Earl of Tyrone, and had issue

5c. Admiral Frederick Edward Vernon-Harcourt (b. 15 Jun 1790; d. 1 May 1883), mar. 1829 Marcia Tollemache (d. 27 Dec 1868), 4th dau. of Vice Admiral John Richard Delap Halliday later Tollemache RN, of Peckforton Castle, co. Chester, and Helmingham Hall, co. Suffolk (by his wife Lady Elizabeth Stratford, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of John [Stratford], 3rd Earl of Aldborough), 1st son and heir of Maj John Delap Halliday, of The Leasowes, co. Shropshire, by his wife Lady Jane Tollemache, 7th dau. and in her issue eventual cohrss. of Lionel [Tollemache], 4th Earl of Dysart, and had issue

6c. Lt Col Henry Vernon-Harcourt (b. 1791; dsp. 26 Feb 1853), mar. 20 Apr 1835 Lady Frances Harley (d. 15 Oct 1872), 5th dau. of Edward [Harley], 5th Earl of Oxford and 5th Earl Mortimer, by his wife Jane Elizabeth Scott, dau. of Rev James Scott, Vicar of Itchen Soke, co. Hampshire

7c. Granville Vernon-Harcourt later Harcourt Vernon, of Grove Hall, East Retford, co. Nottingham, barrister-at-law, Chancellor of the Diocese of York (b. 26 Jul 1792; d. 8 Dec 1879), mar. (1) 22 Feb 1814 Frances Julia Eyre (d. 5 Feb 1844), dau. and cohrss. of Anthony Hardolph Eyre, of Grove, co. Nottingham, and (2) 22 Nov 1845 Hon Pyne Jesse Cottrell (widow of John Henry Cottrell; d. 3 Mar 1872), dau .of Henry Otway [Brand later Trevor], 21st Baron Dacre, by his wife Pyne Gordon, former wife of Sir John Benjamin Gordon of Park, 6th Bt., sister and cohrss. of William [Crosbie], 4th Baron Brandon, and 2nd dau. of Very Rev Hon Maurice Crosbie, Dean of Limerick (by his second wife Pyne Cavendish, dau. of Sir Henry Cavendish, Bt.), 3rd son of Maurice [Crosbie], 1st Baron Brandon, and had issue by his first wife

8c. Vice Admiral Octavius Henry Vernon-Harcourt (b. 26 Dec 1793; dsp. 14 Aug 1863), mar. 22 Feb 1838 Anne Holwell Danby (widow of William Danby, of Swinton, co. York; d. 26 Jun 1879), dau. of William Gater

9c. Rev Charles Vernon-Harcourt, Prebendary of Carlisle (b. 14 Nov 1798; d. 10 Dec 1870)

10c. Col Francis Vernon-Harcourt JP, of St Clare, Isle of Wight, and Buxted Park, co. Sussex, Equerry to HRH the Duchess of Kent (b. 6 Jan 1801; dsp. 23 Apr 1880), mar. 20 Nov 1837 Lady Catherine Julia Jenkinson (dsp. 5 Dec 1877), 1st dau. of Charles Cecil Cope [Jenkinson], 3rd Earl of Liverpool, by his wife Julia Evelyn Medley Shuckburgh-Evelyn, only dau. and hrss. by his second wife of Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh later Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Bt.

11c. Egerton Vernon-Harcourt JP DL, of St Clare, Isle of Wight, and Whitwell (b. 1803; dsp. 19 Oct 1883), mar. 8 Dec 1859 Laura Emma Milner (d. 5 Feb 1889), 7th dau. of Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner, 4th Bt., by his second wife Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck, 1st dau. of Lord Edward Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (by his wife Elizabeth Cumberland, 1st dau. of Richard Cumberland, the dramatist and essayist), 2nd son of William [Bentinck], 2nd Duke of Portland

1c. Caroline Vernon-Harcourt (dvp. 13 May 1815)

2c. Anne Vernon-Harcourt (d. 1867)

3c. Louisa Augusta Vernon-Harcourt (d. 4 Aug 1869), mar. 14 Jun 1825 Sir John Vanden-Bempdé-Johnstone, 2nd Bt., and had issue

4c. Georgiana Vernon-Harcourt (dsp. 29 Oct 1886), mar. 4 Dec 1846 Gen George A Malcolm CB (d. 2 Jun 1888)

2. Hon Elizabeth Venables-Vernon (b. 21 Jan 1746; dsp. 25 Jan 1826), mar. 26 Sep 1765 her first cousin George Simon [Harcourt], 2nd Earl Harcourt

3. Hon Catherine Venables-Vernon (b. 31 Aug 1749; dvp. 8 Jun 1775)

4. Hon Martha Venables-Vernon (b. 25 Dec 1751; dvp. 17...)

5. Hon Anne Venables-Vernon (b. 2 Mar 1754; d. 1837)

1. Hon Anne Harcourt, mar. John Barlow, of Alebeak, co. Pembroke

2. Hon Arabella Harcourt, mar. Herbert Aubrey, of Clayhanger

mar. (2)

Elizabeth Anderson (b. c. 1657; widow of Richard Anderson, of Penley, co. Hertford; dsp. 16 Jun 1724; bur. at Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford), dau. of Richard Spencer, of London and Derbyshire

mar. (3)

30 Sep 1724 Elizabeth Walter (b. c. 1678;  widow of Sir John Walter, 3rd Bt MP., of Sarsden, co. Oxford;  d. 12 Jul 1748;  bur. at Sarsden, co. Oxford), dau. of Sir Thomas Vernon, of Twickenham Park, co. Middlesex

died

28 Jul 1727 (bur. at Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford)

created

3 Sep 1711 Baron Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt in the County of Oxford

11 Sep 1721 Viscount Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt in the County of Oxford

suc. by

grandson

note

Barrister, Inner Temple 1683;  Recorder of Abingdon 1686;  Member of Parliament (Tory) for Abingdon 1690-1705, 1708-09 and 1710, for Bossiney 1705-08 and for Cardigan 1710;  Treasurer of the Inner Temple 1702-03;  Solicitor General 1702-07;  knighted 1702;  a Commissioner for the Union with Scotland 1706;  Attorney General 1707-07/8 and 1710;  Privy Councillor 1710-14 and 1722-27;  Lord Keeper (later known as Lord Chancellor) 1710-14;  joined the Whig party under Walpole in 1720, receiving as a reward an increase of pension from £2,000 to £4,000 and the grant of his viscountcy;  one of the Lords Justices (Regents) during the King's absence from the Realm in 1723, 1725 and 1727

Simon [Harcourt], 2nd Viscount Harcourt later 1st Earl Harcourt

created

1 Dec 1749 Viscount Nuneham, of Nuneham Courtney in the County of Oxford, and Earl Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt in the County of Oxford

The Viscountcy of Harcourt was held by the Earls Harcourt from 1 Dec 1749 to 17 Jun 1830, when on the death of William [Harcourt], 3rd Earl Harcourt, 4th Viscount Harcourt, etc., all his peerage titles became extinct.

First written 6 Mar 2012

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