Georges, marquis d'Harcourt
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]
- Bernard-Pierre-Louis (1842-1914), marquis d'Harcourt and baron d'Olonde, etc.
- Louis-Emmanuel, (1844-1928), Mayor of Souppes
- Victor-Amédée-Constant (1848-1935), Colonel of the 168th Infantry Regiment
- Louis-Marie-Georges (1856-1946), Major in the French Cavalry
- Pauline d'Harcourt-Olonde (1846-1922), comtesse d'Haussonville
- Aline d'Harcourt-Olonde (1852-1943)
- Catherine d'Harcourt-Olonde (1859-1944), comtesse de Puymaigre
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
- - Officer, Légion d'honneur[2]
- - Knight of Malta