Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt

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Colonel Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (6 January 1801 – 23 April 1880)^[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Background

Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was the ninth son of the Most Reverend Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York, who in turn was the third son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon. His mother was Lady Anne, daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. William Vernon Harcourt, Granville Harcourt-Vernon and Octavius Vernon Harcourt were his brothers.

Political career

Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was elected at the 1852 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight,^[2] but did not stand again at the 1857 general election.^[2]

Family

Venables-Vernon-Harcourt married Lady Catherine Julia, daughter of Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool, in 1837. She died in December 1877, aged 66. Venables-Vernon-Harcourt survived her by three years and died in April 1880, aged 79.

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
↑ 2.0 2.1 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 402. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

Sources

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Dawes	Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight 1852–1857	Succeeded by Charles Clifford

Persondata
Name	Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Francis
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	6 January 1801
Place of birth
Date of death	23 April 1880
Place of death

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