William George Granville Venables Vernon-Harcourt
From Graces Guide
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt (14 October 1827 – 1 October 1904).
1827 Born son of William Venables Vernon Harcourt (1789–1871), who had a short career in the Navy and then became a clergyman; he also had a great interest in chemistry and was a founder of the British Association. He was both rector of Wheldrake and canon at York where his father, Edward Venables Vernon Harcourt, had been archbishop from 1807 until he died in his ninety-first year in 1847.
MP for Oxford
1880 Appointed Ecclesiastical Commissioner for England[1]
1893 Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer[2]
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Sources of Information
- Biography, ODNB