Georges-Trevor-Douglas-Bernard d'Harcourt-Olonde (4 November 1808 – 30 November 1883) was a French

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and a 19th-century

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. Formally styled ''marquis d'Harcourt'', he served as French Ambassador to London from 1875 until 1879.

Family

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descent, he was the second son of Amédée Louis André Marie Charles François,

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d'Harcourt (1771–1831) by his wife Elizabeth Harcourt (1771–1846), of Pendley Manor, Hertfordshire. 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: *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.

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- Officer,

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Official file of George, marquis d'Harcourt, officier of the Légion d'honneur
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- Knight of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Harcourt, Georges 1808 births 1883 deaths University of Paris alumni French marquesses 19th-century French diplomats Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom Knights of Malta Officers of the Legion of Honour Georges

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