522 HERA 
Maria-Catharine, daughterof Mynheer Peter dejonghe, 
of Utrecht in Holland, and widow of William marquis 
of Bland ford, and filler of the late countefs of Denbigh, 
but by her he had no ifftie; and, dying June 1740, was 
fucceeded in his baronetage by his fan George, the pre- 
f-nt and fecond earl. 
Creations. —Baron of Cockermouth, and earl of 
Egremont in the county of Cumberland, Oft. 3, 1749. 
Residences. —Orchard Wyndham, in the county of 
Somerfet; and Petworth-park, in the county of Suffex. 
•—Town-houfe, Grofvenof-place. 
Armorial Bearings. —-Seethe annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Au bon droit. —“To the beft right .” 
HARCOURT, EARL HARCOURT. 
GEORGE-SIMON HARCOURT, Earl and Vis- 
count HARCOURT, Vifcount of Nuneham, and Ba¬ 
ron Havcourt of Stanton Harcourt; Mailer of the Horfe 
to the Queen, I.L.D. born Augult 1, 1736; and fueceed- 
ed to the title upon the death of his father, September 
16, 1777. His lordfhip married, September 26, 1765, 
Elizabeth, daughterof George Venables, fir/l lord Ver¬ 
non, by his third lady, Martha, filler to Simon, late 
earl Harcourt, by whom he has'no ifiTue. 
The family of Harcourt is defeended from Bernard, 
chief counlellor and fecond in command to Rollo, fir ft 
duke of Normandy. Torf, his fon, had ilTue, 1. Tou- 
ronne,ance(lor to the Newburghs earls of Warwick ; to 
the Beaumonts earls of Leiceller, Worcefter, and Bed¬ 
ford, all which titles are extinct; to the prefent duke 
"of Brandon ; the prefent earl of Selkirk and Ruglen, of 
the kingdom of Scotland. 2. Turchetil. 
Anchetil, fon of Turchetil, was the firll who took the 
furname of Harcourt; and his Tons Errand, Robert, 
Arnold, came over to England with the Conqueror. 
Robert had ilTue, 1. William, whofc two fons, Robert 
and Ivo, were anceltors, the former of feveral noble fa¬ 
milies in France, and particularly of the prefent duke of 
Harcourt, which title was fir ft bellowed upon Henry de 
Harcourt marlhal of France, and ambalTador to the 
court of Spain, at the period when that kingdom was 
transferred to the family of Bourbon; and the latter, 
of the prefent earl Harcourt. > 
William and Oliver, the fons of Robert fon of Ivo, 
took part, the former with king John, and the latter 
with Louis dauphin of France, in the war of 1216. 
Two years after, William de Harcourt alfo dillinguillied 
himfelf at the liege of Damietta in Paleliine; and Ri¬ 
chard, his fon, and William his grandfon, took part 
with the barons in their wars againll Henry III. Tho¬ 
mas,, lixth in defeent from this William, had ilTue, 
1. Robert, who adhered to the party of the houl'e of 
York, and was killed in the wars of Edward IV. No¬ 
vember 14, 1470. 2. Richard. Robert, fixth in defeent 
from Richard, was the moll confiderable adventurer 
with fir Walter Raleigh in his expedition to Guiana, 
in 1609, and afterwards publilhed an account of that 
voyage : he was accompanied in the expedition by his 
brother Michael. Simon, fon of Robert, ferved againft 
the Spaniards in the Low Countries ; and being lent to 
quell the Irilli rebellion in 1641, was killed intheattack 
of the caflle of Carricmain, which immediately after 
furrendered, March 26, 1643. 
Simon, his grandfon, was conflituted folicitor-general 
to queen Anne, June 2, 1702 ; which office he exchang¬ 
ed, April 23, 1707, for the appointment of attorney ge¬ 
neral, and religned February 12, 1768. On the change 
of miniffry in 1710, he was reltored to the office of attor¬ 
ney general; and, Oftober 18 following, ' exchanged 
that employment for the office of lord keeper of the 
great feal. He was foon after created baron Harcourt 
of Stanton flarcourt; and, April 7, 1712, was declared 
lord high chancellor of Great Britain, in which office 
he continued till the acceffion of Georg# I. By that 
prince lie was advanced.to the dignity of vifcount Har- 
L D R Y. 
court of Stanton Harcourt, and died July 29, 1727. He 
was the dillinguillied friend of literary men, particularly 
of Dr. Swift, Mr. Pope, and the great wits of that pe~ 
riod ; and Simon, his fon, is celebrated by Pope in a 
very affeftionate epitaph. 
Simon, fecond lord vifcount Harcourt, fon of the laft- 
mentioned, attended George II. at the battle of Det- 
tingen, June 27, 1743, and was by that monarch created 
vifcount Harcourt of Nuneham Courteney, and earl 
Harcourt. He wqs appointed, in April 1751, governor 
to the prince of Wales, afterwards 'George III. which 
honour he religned in the following year. He was ap¬ 
pointed, in 1761, to bring over queen Charlotte from 
Germany; and was fuccelfively mailer of the horfe to 
the queen, and lord chamberlain of her houfehold. He 
was conllituted, November 4, 1768, ambalTador extraor¬ 
dinary and miniller plenipotentiary to the court of Ver- 
failles; which office he exchanged, November 9, 1772, 
for that of lord lieutenant of the kingdom of Ireland ; 
where he continued till December 1776. He married, 
in Oftober-1735^ Rebecca, foie daughter and heir of 
Charles Le Bas, efq. by which lady, who died January 
16, 1765, had the following ififue : George-Simon, the 
prefent earl ; William, born March 20, 1743, a general 
in the army, colonel of the i6th"regiment of dragoons, 
and governor of the royal military college at High Wy¬ 
combe, Bucks, married, September 3, 1778, Mary, 
eldeft daughter of William Danby, D.D. and widow of 
Thomas Lockhart, efq. Elizabeth, married, June 20, 
1763, to fir William Leigh, baronet, and has illue; Anne, 
born 1741, and died Augult 1746, Simon, the firftearl, 
being unfortunately drowned in his own park, Septem¬ 
ber 16, 1777, was fucceeded by his fon, George-Simon, 
the prefent and fecond earl. The heir prefumptive is 
William, brother to the prefent earl. 
Creations. —Baron Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, 
in the county of Oxford, September 3, 1711. Vifcount 
Harcourt, July 24, 1721. Vifcount Harcourt of Nune- 
ham Courtney, in the county of Oxford, and Earl Har¬ 
court of Stanton Harcourt, December 1, 1749. 
Residences. —Nuneham-park, in the county of Ox¬ 
ford ; and Bagihot-park, in Surrey.—Town-houfe, in 
Cavendiffi-fquare. 
ArmorialBearings .—See the annexed Engraving, 
MOtTo. — Le bon temps viendra. —“ Good times will 
come.” 
NORTH, EARL OF GUILDFORD. 
FRANCIS NORTPI, Baron and Earl of 
GUILDFORD, a Colonel in the Army, High Steward 
of Banbury, and Patent Comptroller of the Cuftoms, 
LL.D. born December 25, 1761; fucceeded his brother, 
the late earl, April 20, 1802. 
The family of North has been traced back to the reign 
of Edward IV. Edward North, in the reign of Hen¬ 
ry VIII. was appointed, in 1544, chancellor of the court 
of augmentation; and conllituted, by the will of that 
monarch, one of the executors to whom the government 
of the kingdom was entrulled during the minority of 
Edward VI. He declared in favour of the fucceffion of 
lady jane Grey, but foon afterwards became reconciled 
to queen Mary, and was by that princefs created baron 
North of Kirtling. He died December 31, 1564. 
Roger, fecond lord North, his fon, was the intimate 
friend of Robert Dudley earl of Leiceller, the favourite 
of queen Elizabeth, and dillinguilhed himfelf under that 
commander in the wars of the Netherlands. He was 
alfo her majelly’s ambalTador extraordinary and miniller 
plenipotentiary to Chailes IX. king of France, and 
died December 3, 1600. Dudley, third lord North, his 
grandfon, was one of the lords commiffioners nominated 
by parliament during the civil war, April 15, 1645, to 
manage the affairs of the admiralty. 
Dudley, fourth lord North, his fon, wrote a Life of Ed¬ 
ward, firft Lord North, and a feries of valuable Effays 
upon 
