Paternal Family Tree: Harcourt
On 16th October 1735 [his father] Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt [aged 21] and [his mother] Rebecca Samborne Le Bass were married.
On 1st August 1736 George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt was born to Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt [aged 22] and Rebecca Samborne Le Bass.
In 1749 [his father] Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt [aged 35] was created 1st Earl Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt.
In 1761 George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt [aged 24] was elected MP St Albans which seat he held until 1767.
On 16th January 1765 [his mother] Rebecca Samborne Le Bass died.
On 26th September 1765 George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt [aged 29] and Elizabeth Venables-Vernon Countess Harcourt [aged 19] were married. He the son of Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt [aged 51] and Rebecca Samborne Le Bass. They were first cousins.
On 16th September 1777 [his father] 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. [his wife] Elizabeth Venables-Vernon Countess Harcourt [aged 31] by marriage Countess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt.
On 5th February 1784 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt [aged 26] and Anne Leveson-Gower [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 62] and Louisa Egerton Countess Gower.
In 1790 George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt [aged 53] was appointed Master of the Horse to Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 45] which position he held until his death in 1809.
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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On 26th November 1807 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt [aged 50] was elected Archbishop of York.
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 25th January 1826 [his former wife] Elizabeth Venables-Vernon Countess Harcourt [aged 80] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 26 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 26 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harcourt 
12 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Harcourt 14 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 15 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 16 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt 17 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Evelyn of Long Ditton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Evelyn of Wotton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stint
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stansfield
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Stansfield
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Comber
Great x 1 Grandfather: John The Younger Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Browne of Sayes Court 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Browne 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Thomasine Gonson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Browne
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Prettyman
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Prettyman
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Bourchier 
Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt 18 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: Charles Samborne Le Bass of Pipewell Abbey in Northamptonshire
Mother: Rebecca Samborne Le Bass