George Harcourt


George Granville Harcourt was a British Whig and then Conservative Party politician.

Background

Harcourt was the eldest son of clergyman Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt.

Political career

Harcourt was elected as MP for Lichfield in 1806 and which he represented until he was elected for Oxfordshire in 1831. By 1850 he had become the longest-serving member, and so became the Father of the House of Commons for the last 11 years of his life.

Family

On 27 March 1815, he married Lady Elizabeth Bingham and they had one child, Elizabeth Lavinia. Harcourt's wife died in 1838 and he then married Frances Waldegrave, a daughter of the noted tenor, John Braham.