Viscount Harcourt is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically.
Summary
1721. 1st. Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 59] created.
23rd July 1727. 2nd. Grandson Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt [aged 13] succeeded.
16th September 1777. 3rd. Son George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt [aged 41] succeeded.
20th April 1809. 4th. Brother William Harcourt 3rd Earl Harcourt [aged 66] succeeded.
17th June 1830. 4th. William Harcourt 3rd Earl Harcourt extinct.
In 1721 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 59] was created 1st Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
On 30th September 1724 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 62] and Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. The difference in their ages was 34 years.
On 23rd July 1727 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 65] died. Some sources say 28 Dec 1727. His grandson Simon [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
On 16th September 1777 Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt [aged 63] drowned in a well at Nuneham House, Oxfordshire whilst trying to rescue his dog. His son George [aged 41] succeeded 2nd Earl Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, 3rd Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. Elizabeth Venables-Vernon Countess Harcourt [aged 31] by marriage Countess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt.
On 20th April 1809 George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt [aged 72] died without issue. His brother William [aged 66] succeeded 3rd Earl Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, 4th Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
On 17th June 1830 William Harcourt 3rd Earl Harcourt [aged 87] died without issue. Earl Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt and Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire extinct. Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt [aged 72] succeeded to the Harcourt estates and adopted the additional surname Harcourt.
Summary
1917. 1st. Lewis Vernon-Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 53] created.
24th February 1922. 2nd. Son William Edward Harcourt 2nd Viscount Harcourt [aged 13] succeeded.
3rd January 1979. 2nd. William Edward Harcourt 2nd Viscount Harcourt extinct.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1917 Lewis Vernon-Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 53] was created 1st Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
On 24th February 1922 Lewis Vernon-Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt [aged 59] died. His son William [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
On 1st June 1931 William Edward Harcourt 2nd Viscount Harcourt [aged 22] and Maud Elizabeth Grosvenor Viscountess Harcourt [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
On 3rd January 1979 William Edward Harcourt 2nd Viscount Harcourt [aged 70] died. Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire extinct.