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Hace 5 días · William Vernon Harcourt gave £10 a year and a rent-free schoolroom and cottage. The charity school, said in 1860 to be sadly neglected, continued to teach one child free from each family but charged for writing lessons; the master made up his income by acting as postmaster and assistant overseer.
Hace 5 días · The Yorkshire Philosophical Society was founded early in 1823 by the efforts of Anthony Thorpe (the chairman of the Subscription Library and the society's first librarian), William Salmond, James Atkinson, and, above all, William Vernon Harcourt, who became the society's first president.
Hace 3 días · In 1671 Wheeler settled both house and estate on his son John, who in 1673 sold them to William Blake of Cogges; Daniel Blake sold them in 1725, charged with charitable annuities, to Simon Harcourt, Viscount Harcourt, whose descendant the Revd William Vernon Harcourt sold them in 1867 to John Nalder of Alvescot.
Hace 3 días · Sir William Harcourt, Home Secretary 1880–85, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1886 & 1892–95, Leader of the Liberal Party 1896–98, Liberal MP 1868–1904. Just days before his death, Harcourt dined at the club and declared "This is my last public appearance", which it proved to be. George Hardy, businessman and Liberal MP 1906–10
Hace 6 días · John Bright; Member of Parliament for Birmingham Central 1885-1889. Joseph Chamberlain; Member of Parliament for Birmingham West 1885-1914. Charles Stewart Parnell; Member of Parliament for Cork 1890-1891. H. H. Asquith; Member of Parliament for East Fife 1886-1918. Lyon Playfair; Member of Parliament for Leeds South 1885-1892.
Hace 4 días · STANTON HARCOURT, (fn. 73) a large parish formerly comprising 3,740 a., lies between the rivers Thames and Windrush c. 2 ½ miles (4 km.) south of Eynsham and 6 miles (9 ½ km.) west of Oxford; it includes the villages of Sutton and West End, and in the Middle Ages there were settlements at Pinkhill in the north-east and at Hamstall (later Armstal...
Hace 5 días · Port Harcourt is the capital city of Rivers State in Nigeria. Located in the southern part of the country, Port Harcourt serves as a major economic hub and gateway to the Niger Delta region. The city was named after Lewis Vernon Harcourt, a British politician.
