George Harcourt
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George Granville Harcourt (née Venables-Harcourt and Vernon-Harcourt, 6 August 1785–19 December 1861) was a British politician, the eldest son of clergyman, Edward Venables-Harcourt.
Harcourt was elected as MP for Lichfield in 1806 and for Oxfordshire in 1831.
On 27 March 1815, he married Lady Elizabeth Bingham (the eldest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Lucan) and they had one child, Elizabeth Lavinia (d. 1858, married the 6th Earl of Abingdon). Harcourt's wife died in 1838 and he then married Frances Waldegrave (the widow of the 7th Earl Waldegrave and future wife of the 1st Baron Carlingford), a daughter of the noted tenor, John Braham.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir George Anson Sir John Wrottesley |
Member for Lichfield 1806–1831 with Sir George Anson |
Succeeded by Sir George Anson Sir Edward Scott |
| Preceded by John Fane Lord Norreys of Rycote |
Member for Oxfordshire 1831–1862 Richard Weyland 1831–1837, Lord Norreys of Rycote 1832–1852, Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker 1837–1841, Joseph Warner Henley 1841–1862, John Sidney North 1852–1862 |
Succeeded by John William Fane Joseph Warner Henley John Sidney North |
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| Preceded by Charles Williams-Wynn |
Father of the House 1850–1861 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Burrell |
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