Edward William Harcourt
Edward William Vernon Harcourt (26 June 1825 – 19 December 1891) was an English naturalist and Conservative politician.
Life[]
Harcourt was born in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, the son of the Rev. William Vernon Harcourt who was a scientist, and grandson of Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1843.[1]
Harcourt was a J.P. for Berkshire and Sussex, and a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1875. He was Commanding Officer and later Honorary Colonel of the 1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers of the Royal Artillery.[2] He was a member of Royal Commission for organizing the Volunteer Force in 1862, and was 15 years President of National Artillery Association.[3]
He was the author of Sketch of Madeira (1851) and Sporting in Algeria (1859), published under the name of "Edward Vernon Harcourt". The former was dedicated to his mother-in-law, Harriet Holroyd, Countess of Sheffield.[4]
He inherited Nuneham House and Park in 1871 and had a new Nuneham Courtenay parish church built in 1872–74.[5]
He served as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1878 to 1885 and for Henley from 1885 to 1886.[6]
Family[]
Harcourt was married to Lady Susan Harriet Holroyd, daughter of 2nd Earl of Sheffield in 1849. His brother was the politician William Vernon Harcourt.
References[]
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Army List.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1886. p. 70.
- ^ Sketch of Madeira. 1851. p. Dedication.
- ^ Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1957). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5: Bullingdon Hundred. Victoria County History. pp. 234–249.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Harcourt
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