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Oktober 1827 in York, Yorkshire; † 1. Oktober 1904 in Nuneham Courtnay, Oxfordshire) war ein britischer Journalist, Rechtsanwalt und Politiker der Liberal Party, der zwischen 1868 und seinem Tod 1904 Mitglied des House of Commons war und sowohl Innenminister als auch Schatzkanzler war.
William Vernon Harcourt. Article. By Patrick Jackson, published 1st December 2004. Add to My HA. Email. Share. Tweet. 2004 marks the centenary of the death of Sir William Vernon Harcourt, on 30 September 1904, and this provides an opportunity to consider the extent to which Harcourt's beliefs and political attitudes are still relevant today.
By Professor Ian Machin. Type: Biography. William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was born at York on 14 October 1827, of a land-owning and clerical family which traced its ancestry to the Plantagenet kings. His elder brother, Edward Harcourt, was a staunch Conservative and for eight years an MP. William Harcourt’s views, however ...
Liberal politician. Harcourt probably regarded himself as a failure. He was a brilliant lawyer, politician, and polemicist, who rose to be home secretary (1880–5) and chancellor of the Exchequer (1886, 1892–5), and expected to succeed Gladstone as premier, but was passed over when the latter retired (1894) in favour of Rosebery.
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt, KC (14 October 1827 – 1 October 1904) was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for Oxford, Derby then West Monmouthshire and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before ...
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Sir William Harcourt (born Oct. 14, 1827, York, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Oct. 1, 1904, Nuneham Courtnay, Oxfordshire) was a British lawyer, journalist, politician, and cabinet member in five British Liberal governments, who in 1894 achieved a major reform in death duties, or estate taxation.
William Vernon Harcourt ist der Name folgender Personen: William Vernon Harcourt (Naturforscher) (1789–1871), britischer Geistlicher und Naturforscher; William Vernon Harcourt (Politiker) (1827–1904), britischer Jurist und Politiker
