Person Harcourt; William Venables Vernon (1789 - 1871) Harcourt William Venables Vernon William Venables Vernon 1789 - 1871 British Male Sudbury, Derbyshire, England June 1789 01 April 1871

Bishopsthorpe, Yorkshire

Clergyman Chemistry Education: Christ Church College, Oxford. BA (1811), MA (1811) Career: Entered the Royal Navy and served on the West Indian Station (for 5 years); became interested in science while at Oxford; conducted chemical analyses in his own laboratory; one of the founders of the British Association; Canon of York (1824); Rector of Wheldrake, Yorkshire (1824) Fourth son of Edward Venables Vernon-Harcourt, Archibishop of York; married (1824) Mary, daughter of Col William Gooch; changed his name to Harcourt (c 1830); father of Sir William Vernon Harcourt (FRS 1881); inhereited the Nuneham-Courtenay estate on the death of his elder brother, George Granville-Harcourt (1861) Fellow 29/04/1824 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1871-1872 vol 20 pp xiii-xvii signed by J P 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 Jun 1789 - 1 Apr 1871 NA5486 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes cd6fff64-cce0-4ac6-a8e8-d768f8a98c3b