Granville Harcourt-Vernon (26 July 1792 – 8 December 1879), was a British politician.

Early life

Harcourt-Vernon was born on 26 July 1792. He was the sixth son of the Most Reverend

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and Lady Anne Leveson-Gower. Among his siblings were scientist William Vernon Harcourt, Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt and

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. His father was the third son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, and his mother was the daughter of

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Career

Harcourt-Vernon was Member of Parliament for Aldborough between 1815 and 1820 and for

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between 1832 and 1847.

Personal life

Harcourt-Vernon was twice married. In 1814, he married Frances Julia Eyre (d. 1844), daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre and the former Francisca Alicia Bootle (third daughter of Richard Wilbraham-Bootle). They had several children, including: * Granville Edward Harcourt-Vernon (1816–1861), MP for Newark who married Lady Selina Catherine Meade, daughter of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam, in 1854. * Evelyn Hardolph Harcourt-Vernon (1821–1890), the Prebendary of Lincoln and Rural Dean of Bingham who married Jane Catherine St John-Mildmay, a daughter of Edward St John-Mildmay, in 1849. * Henry Arthur Harcourt-Vernon (1835–1862), a Major. * Charles Egerton Harcourt-Vernon (1827–1872), Captain in the Royal Navy, who married Louisa Anne Garth in 1865. * Marianne Harcourt-Vernon (1823–1873), who married Humphrey St John-Mildmay, MP for

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, in 1843. After her death in February 1844 he married secondly the Hon. Pyne Jesse Trevor, daughter of

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and widow of John Henry Cotterell, in 1845. There were no children from this marriage. She died in March 1872. Harcourt-Vernon survived her by seven years and died in December 1879, aged 87.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harcourt Vernon, Granville 1792 births 1879 deaths High sheriffs of Nottinghamshire Granville Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847