Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt

Colonel Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (6 January 1801 – 23 April 1880)^[1] 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.^[2]

Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was elected at the 1852 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight,^[3] but did not stand again at the 1857 general election.^[3]

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.