| Authorised form of name | Harcourt; Sir; William George Granville Venables Vernon (1827 - 1904) |
| Dates | 1827 - 1904 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | The Old Residence, York, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 14 October 1827 |
| Place of death | Nuneham, Oxfordshire |
| Date of death | 30/09/1904 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
The old church within the grounds of the family estates at Nuneham, Oxfordshire |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1851), MA (1869). Inner Temple (admitted 1851)
Career:
President of the Union, Cambridge (1849); called to the Bar (1854); QC (1866); Whewell Professor of International Law, Cambridge University (1869-1887); Solicitor General (1873); Home Secretary (1880-1885); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1886 and 1892-1895); MP for Oxford (1868-1880); MP for Derby (1880-1895); Leader of the House of Commons (1894); MP for Monmouthshire, West division (1895-1904); Leader, Liberal Party (resigned 1898); Honorary Fellow, Cambridge University (1902)
Honours:
Kt 1873
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/12/1881 |
| Relationships | Younger son of Rev William Vernon Harcourt (FRS 1824) and his wife Matilda Mary, daughter of Colonel William Gooch.
Married: 1) (1859) Maria Teresa, daughter of Thomas Henry Lister (she died 1863); 2) (1876) Elizabeth Cabot, daughter of John Lothrop Motley, American minister, and widow of Thomas Poynton Ives of Rhode Island, USA.
Succeeded to the family estates of Nuneham-Courtenay (1904) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 04 June 1870, 30 November 1893 (group), 01 December 1898, 11 May 1899 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/49977432 |
| Code | NA1691 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1881/23 | Harcourt, Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/3/916 | List of corrections in the addresses of Royal Society Fellows | 8 November 1889 |
| MC/12/228 | Letter from W V [William Venables] Harcourt, Secretary of State Home Department, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 18 December 1881 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |