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Harcourt, Earl (GB, 1749 - 1830)

Creation: let.pat. 1 Dec 1749

Extinct: 17 Jun 1830

Family name: Harcourt

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Arms:

Gules two Bars Or

Crest:

On a Ducal Coronet Or a Peacock close proper

Supporters:

On either side a Lion Or each charged with a Bar gemel Gules

Motto:

 Le bon temps viendra and Gesta verbis praevenient

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Simon [Harcourt], 2nd Viscount Harcourt later 1st Earl Harcourt, PC

only son and heir of Hon Simon Harcourt MP (by his wife Elizabeth Evelyn, sister of Sir John Evelyn, 1st Bt., of Wotton, co. Surrey, and dau. of John Evelyn, barrister and a Commissioner of the Irish Revenue (by his wife Martha Spencer, dau. and cohrss. of Richard Spencer), son and heir ap. of John Evelyn, of Sayes Court, Deptford, and Wotton, co. Surrey, the famous diarist,), 2nd but only surv. son and heir ap. by his first wife of Simon [Harcourt], 1st Viscount Harcourt

born

1714

mar.

16 Oct 1735 Rebecca Le Bas (d. 16 Jan 1765), only dau. and hrss. of Charles Samborne Le Bas, of Pipewell Abbey, co. Northampton, by his wife Mary Moyer, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Samuel Moyer, 1st Bt., of Petsey Hall, co. Essex

children

1. Hon George Simon Harcourt, later 2nd Earl Harcourt

2. Hon William Harcourt, later 3rd Earl Harcourt

1. Lady Elizabeth Harcourt (d. 1811), mar. 1763 Sir William Lee, 4th Bt., and had issue

died

16 Sep 1777

created

 Dec 1749 Viscount Nuneham, of Nuneham Courtney in the County of Oxford, and Earl Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt in the County of Oxford

suc. by

son

note

suc. his grandfather as 2nd Viscount Harcourt 28 Jul 1727; a Lord of the Bedchamber (Whig) 1735-51; raised his own regiment 1745, Col 1745, Maj General 1755, Lieut General 1759 and General 1772; Privy Councillor 1751; Governor to the Prince of Wales 1751-52; Ambassador to Mecklenburg on the occasion of the marriage of King George III to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1761; Master of the Horse to the Queen Consort 1761-63; Chamberlain to the Queen Consort 1763-68; Ambassador to Paris 1768-72; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1772-77

George Simon [Harcourt], 2nd Earl Harcourt

born

1 Aug 1736

mar.

26 Sep 1765 his first cousin Hon Elizabeth Venables-Vernon (b. 21 Jan 1746; dsp. 25 Jan 1826), only dau. of George [Venables-Vernon], 1st Baron Vernon, by his third wife Hon Martha Harcourt, sister of Simon [Harcourt], 1st Earl Harcourt, and only dau. of Hon Simon Harcourt MP

died

s.p. 20 Apr 1809

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for St Albans 1761-68; a Page at the Coronation 1761; Master of the Horse to the Queen Consort 1790-1809

William [Harcourt], 3rd Earl Harcourt, GCB

born

20 Mar 1742/3

mar.

3 Sep 1778 Mary Lockhart (b. c. 1750; widow of Thomas Lockhart of Craighouse; d. 14 Jan 1833), 1st dau. of Rev William Danby DD, of Swinton, co. York

died

s.p. 17 Jun 1830

note

entered Army 1759; Lieut Col of 31st Regiment of Foot 1764, of 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons 1765, and of 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons 1768; Col of the 16th Light Dragoons 1779-1830, with which regiment he distinguished himself in the War of the American Revolution when he captured the rebel General Lee 1776; Col in the Army 1777, Maj General 1782, Lieut General 1793, General 1798 and Field Marshal 1821; Equerry to the Queen Consort 1761-67; Extra Groom of the Bedchamber 1766; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Oxfordshire 1768-74; ADC to King George III 1777-80; Governor of Fort William 1794-95; Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull 1795-1801, of Portsmouth 1811-26, and of Plymouth 1826-30; Governor of the Royal Military College 1801-11; Master of the Robes 1808-09; Master of the Horse to the Queen Consort 1809-18; Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park 1806-30; GCB 1820

On the death of the 3rd Earl Harcourt the Earldom of Harcourt became extinct.

 First written 23 Nov 2005

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