Sir William George Vernon Harcourt

1827 - 1904  (76 years)

• Name	William George Vernon Harcourt
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	14 Oct 1827	Oxford, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Oct 1904	Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England
  Person ID	I43966	Scudder
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Cabot Motley,   b. Abt 1846   d. 1928 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1876
  Children	1. Robert Vernon Harcourt,   b. 7 May 1878   d. 1 Oct 1904 (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F15581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  William was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of the Opposition. A talented speaker in parliament, he was sometimes regarded as aloof and possessing only an intellectual involvement in his causes. He failed to engender much emotional response in the public and became only a reluctant and disillusioned leader of his party.