Simon Harcourt (1653–1724)

Simon Harcourt (1653–1724), of the Middle Temple and Pendley, Hertfordshire, was an English politician.

Family

Harcourt was the son of Rev. Vere Harcourt and Lucy née Thornton. In 1677 he married his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Anderson and Dame Elizabeth Anderson of Pendley Manor at Tring in Hertfordshire. Elizabeth died in 1694 and her parents were both dead by 1699, and Harcourt inherited the manor.

Harcourt remarried several times: Elizabeth née Canon (d. 1706), then Elizabeth née Morse (d. 1724), and finally Mary née Harcourt, the daughter of his cousin Sir Philip Harcourt.

Career

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Great Britain for Aylesbury in the periods 21 December 1702 – 1705 and 1710–1715.[1]

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir John Pakington, 4th Bt
James Herbert
Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
1702–1705
With: James Herbert to 1704
Sir Henry Parker, Bt 1704–05
Succeeded by
Simon Mayne
Sir John Wittewronge, Bt
Preceded by
Simon Mayne
Sir John Wittewronge, Bt
Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
17101715
With: John Essington
Succeeded by
John Deacle
Nathaniel Meade


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