Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt
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Colonel Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (6 January 1801 – 23 April 1880){{Rayment-hc|i|date=March 2012}} was a British Conservative Party politician and courtier.
Background
Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was the ninth son of the Most Reverend Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York, who in turn was the third son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon. His mother was Lady Anne, daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. William Vernon Harcourt, Granville Harcourt-Vernon and Octavius Vernon Harcourt were his brothers.
Career
He served as an equerry to Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent.{{cite web |last1=Collen |first1=Henry |title=Lady Catherine Vernon-Harcourt (1837-1877) |url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/420413/lady-catherine-vernon-harcourt-1837-1877 |website=Royal Collection Trust |access-date=8 July 2020 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311172247/https://www.rct.uk/collection/420413/lady-catherine-vernon-harcourt-1837-1877 |url-status=live }}
Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was elected at the 1852 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight,{{cite book
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885
|origyear=1977
|edition= 2nd
|year=1989
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn= 0-900178-26-4
|page=402
}} but did not stand again at the 1857 general election.
Family
Venables-Vernon-Harcourt married Lady Catherine Julia, daughter of Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool, in 1837. She died in December 1877, aged 66. Venables-Vernon-Harcourt survived her by three years and died in April 1880, aged 79.
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External links
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies