About Simon Harcourt
Lived 1653 – 1724 (aged 70–71). Simon Harcourt was a British and English politician.
Simon Harcourt (1653–1727), of the Middle Temple and Pendley Manor, Hertfordshire, was an English politician.
Family Harcourt was the son of Rev. Vere Harcourt and Lucy née Thornton. In 1677 he married his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Anderson and Dame Elizabeth Anderson of Pendley Manor at Tring in Hertfordshire. Elizabeth died in June 1727 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.
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Who was Simon Harcourt?
English politician; (1653-1724)
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Simon Harcourt was born in 1653.
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Simon Harcourt died in 1724.
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Simon Harcourt was a politician.
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Simon Harcourt was British and English.
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