George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt 1736-1809

On 16th October 1735 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 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 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 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.

On 26th November 1807 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.