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 162 HARCOURT. II. 1727. Earldom. I. 1719. 1 and 2. Simon (Harcourt), Viscount Harcourt, &c, grandson and h., being only s. and h. of the Hon. Simon Haucourt, by Elizabeth, da. of John Evelyn, of Wotton, co. Surrey, which Simon last named was 2d but only Eurv. s. and h. ap. of the 1st Viscount (by his 1st wife! and (/. v. p. 1 July 1720, aged 35. He was b. about 1712; ed. at Westni. school; tuc. to the peeraye, 28 July 1727 ; a Lord of the Bedchamber, 1735 — 51, being (as such) present with the King at the battle of Dettingen. He raised a regiment in 1745 and was Col in tho Army in that vear, becoming finally, 1772, General. He was cr., 1 Dec. 1749. VISCOUNT NUNEHAM OF NUNEHAM COURTNEY;-) and EARL HARCOURT OF STAN- TON HARCOURT, both in co. Oxford. P.C., 1751 . Gov. to the Prince of Wales, 1751- 52 ; Ambassador to Mecklenburg-Strelitz on occasion of the marriage of King Geo. III. (1761) to the Princess Charlotte. Master of Horse to the Queen Consort, 1761- 63 ; Lord Chamberlain to the said Queen, 1763 ; Ambassador to Paris, 1768-69 ; Vice- hot of Ireland, as Lord Lieut., 1772-77 ;(*>) F.U.S., Sec. Hern., 16 Oct. 1735, Rebecca, only da. and h. of Charles Samborne Lk Pas, of Pipwell Abbey, co. Northampton, by Mary, da. and coheir of Sir Samuel Mover, Bart She d. 16 Jan. 1765, and was bur. at Stanton Harcourt. Adinqn. 6 June 1765, and 26 Feb. 1778. He d. 16 Sep. 1777, being accidentally drowned in a well at Nuneham Park and was far. 24th at Stanton Harcourt. Will pr. 1777. Earldom. II. Viscountcy, &c. III. 2 and 8. George Simon (Harcourt), Eabl Harcourt, &c, s. and h., b. 1 Aug. 1736, at Coke- > 177T thorpe, Oxon ; ed. at Westm. school ; styled Vwcorsi " Nuneham, 1719—77 ; M.P. for St. Albans, 1761 -6S ; one of the Pages at the coronation, 22 Sep. 1761 ; sue. to the peeraye, 16 Sep. 1777 ; er. D.C.L. of Oxford, 31 Aug. 17SG ; Master of the Horse to the Queen Consort, 1790 ; F.S.A., See. He m., 26 Sep. 1765, at Nuneham, his first cousin, Elizabeth, da. of George (Vernon), 1st Baron Vernon ok Kindkrton, by his 3d wife, Martha, sister of Simon (Harcourt;, 1st Eari, Harcourt, abovenamed. He d. s p., 20 April 1809, aged 72, and was bur. at Stanton. u0 Will dat. 19 April 1S05, pr. 5 May 1809. His widow, who was b. 21 Jan. 1746, d. 25 Jan. 1826, in I'ortmau sip, Midx., and was bur. at Stanton afsd. Will pr. Feb. 1S26. Earldom. III. Viscountcy, &e. IV. "1 ! 1809, > to 3 and J f . William (IIarcourt), Earl Harcourt [1749], Viscount Harcourt [1721], Viscount Ncnkham [1719], and Baron IIarcourt [1711], br. and h., b. 20 March 1742/3, and bap. at St. Geo. Han. sq. ; entered the Army in 1759, being in 1764 Lieut. Col. of the 31st Foot, in 1765 of the 4th Light Dragoons, in 1768 of the 16th Light Dragoons, and in 1769 Col. of the last named Regiment, with which he distinguished himself in America (taking Gen. Lee captive) in 1776, till his death ; Col. in the Army, 1777 ; Major Gen., 17S2 ; Lieut. Gen., 1793 ; General, 1798, and finally (1821) Field Marshal. He was extra Groom of the Bedchamber, 1766; M.P. for Oxford, 1768-74 ; Gov. of Fort William, 1794 ; Gov. of Hull, 1795—1801 ;, of Portsmouth, 1811, and of Plymouth, 1827; Master of the Robes, 1S08-09, sue. to the peeraye, 20 April 1809; Master of the Horse to the Queen Consort, 1809; Keeper of Windsor Great Park, 1815, and subsequently Deputy Ranger ; G.C.B., 20 May 1820. He bore the Union (a) Tho estate of Nuneham Courtney had been purchased by h ; s father in 1710. It adjoined the old family estate of Stanton IIarcourt, the mansion of which had ceased to be inhabited by the family. ( b ) His chief secretary, on whom most of the real work devolved, was John Blaquiere afterwards (1S00) 1st Baron de Blaquiere [1.] He was successful in winning over the opposition, but not without increasing the sinecure pensions, &c., nor without a lavish creation of peerages of Ireland. («) A very long notice of him [" a tribute which Truth owes to superior Virtue "j is in "Collins," iv, pp. 449—452. He appears greatly to have affected French manners and fashions. When, by the French Revolution, the Due d'Harcourt was driven to this country he received him as a cousin.