Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt

The Earl Harcourt
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office
29 October 1772 – 7 December 1776
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byThe Viscount Townshend
Succeeded byThe Earl of Buckinghamshire
Personal details
Born1714
Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
Died16 September 1777 (aged 63)
Nuneham Park, Oxfordshire

Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, PC, FRS (1714 – 16 September 1777), known as Viscount Harcourt between 1727 and 1749, was a British diplomat and general who became Viceroy of Ireland.[1]

The 1st Earl Harcourt.
Harcourt by Robert Hunter
  1. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1883). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (3 ed.). London: Harrison. pp. 261–263. ISBN 0-8063-0789-7.

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