Person Harcourt; Sir; William George Granville Venables Vernon (1827 - 1904) Harcourt William George Granville Venables Vernon Sir 1827 - 1904 British Male The Old Residence, York, Yorkshire, England 14 October 1827 Nuneham, Oxfordshire 30/09/1904 19040930 Burial: The old church within the grounds of the family estates at Nuneham, Oxfordshire

7 Grafton Street, London (1881)

Barrister 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 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) Fellow 15/12/1881 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Vanity Fair 04 June 1870, 30 November 1893 (group), 01 December 1898, 11 May 1899 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 14 Oct 1827 - 30 Sep 1904 NA1691 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/49977432 662391f2-df2a-4250-b6f3-ab2b4921dc9f