George Herancourt

George L. Herancourt (1856 – after 1888) was an American business executive, best known as the managing owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team during the season. He also served one term as the treasurer of the city of Cincinnati.

Biography George L. Herancourt was the son of wealthy Cincinnati brewer George M. Herancourt (1807–1880).

In 1880, Herancourt was elected treasurer of the Cincinnati Stars of the National League, and incorporated the club. The 1885 Red Stockings had some success on the field, finishing in second place in the American Association. However, Herancourt's timing was unfortunate, as the Reds lost money under his management, and the overextended Herancourt had paid his partners too much for their shares. Herancourt was elected city treasurer in 1883, serving one two-year term. He lost his bid for reelection in 1885. About this time he went bankrupt, having dissipated a large fortune, and there were reports that the treasurer's office had a shortfall in its accounts. The personable Herancourt was referenced in local paper as being an "associate of gamblers and prostitutes." Amidst lawsuits, charges and countercharges, Herancourt's interest in the baseball team was taken over by John Hauck, his cousin and also a wealthy brewer, and Herancourt disappeared.

Credible reports place Herancourt as a dollar-a-day laborer in Los Angeles, in 1888, a location backed up by unclaimed letters at that city's post office. His whereabouts after that time remain unknown. At the time of his father's death in 1880, Herancourt had seven siblings: three sisters and four brothers.