Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent

Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent (3 January 1829 – 1 March 1916), known as Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 3rd Baronet, from 1869 to 1881, was a British peer and Liberal Member of Parliament.

Derwent was the son of Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baronet, and Louisa Augusta Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, daughter of the Most Reverend Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York. He succeeded as second Baronet on the death of his father in 1869 and the same year he also succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Scarborough, a seat he held until 1880. In 1881 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Derwent, of Hackness in the North Riding of the County of York.

Lord Derwent married Charlotte Mills, daughter of Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet, in 1850. They had nine children. Lady Derwent died in 1901. Lord Derwent survived her by fifteen years and died in March 1916, aged 87. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Francis.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone and
John Dent
Member of Parliament for Scarborough
1869–1880
With: John Dent 1869–1874
Sir Charles Legard 1874–1880
William Sproston Caine 1880
Succeeded by
William Sproston Caine and
John George Dodson
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone
Baronet
(of Hackness Hall)
1869–1916
Succeeded by
Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Derwent
1881–1916
Succeeded by
Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone