Georges, marquis d'Harcourt

Harcourt arms

Georges-Trevor-Douglas-Bernard d'Harcourt-Olonde (4 November 1808 30 November 1883) was a French aristocrat and a 19th-century diplomat. Formally styled marquis d'Harcourt, he served as French Ambassador to London from 1875 until 1879.

Family

Of Anglo-Norman descent, he was the second son of Amédée-Louis-André-Marie-Charles-François, marquis d'Harcourt (1771-1831) by his Elizabeth née Pendley (1771-1846).

On 5 August 1841, he married Jeanne-Paule de Beaupoil (1817-1893), daughter of Louis-Clair, comte de Sainte-Aulaire and Louise-Charlotte-Victoire, daughter of Nicolas de Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont, comte de Brison. They had seven children:[1]

His elder brother William marquis d'Harcourt-Olonde married, in 1837, Elizabeth Georgiana Cavendish daughter of General The Hon. Henry Cavendish MP, while his sister, Marie-Augusta, became Duchess of Castries, wife of Charles de La Croix, duc de Castries.

Honours

See also

External links

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/21/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.