Georgiana Charlotte Frances Harcourt (1807IGI: Baptism: 27 July 1807 Georgiana Charlotte Frances Harcourt at Parish Church, Dalston, Cumberland, England to Edward Harcourt and Anne Leveson-Gower – 29 October 1886 Burkes Peerage ) was the daughter of the

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. Her correspondence has been published, but she is primarily known for the novels of

Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag (; 13 July 1816 – 30 April 1895) was a German novelist and playwright. Life Freytag was born in Kreuzburg (Kluczbork) in Silesia. After attending the school at Oels (Oleśnica), he studied philology at the universities of ...

and the theological works she translated from German originals. Her husband, General Malcolm had a distinguished career in the British army.

Biography

Harcourt was born shortly before her baptism on 27 July 1807 in

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, Cumberland. She was the youngest daughter of 16 children of

Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (10 October 1757 – 5 November 1847) was a Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807 and then the Archbishop of York until his death. He was the third son of the George Venables- ...

, the incumbent Bishop of Carlisle, and his wife, Lady Anne Leveson-Gower. She would later live at

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, the official residence of the Archbishop of York. On 12 September 1835, when Princess Victoria visited

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in Yorkshire with her mother, the

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, she attended the local church service. Georgiana's father preached the sermon at the local church and many local dignitaries attended from

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and the surrounding area. On entering the church it was Henry Lascelles, the 4th Earl of Harewood who accompanied the Duchess of Kent, but the princess, and future Queen, was accompanied by Georgiana. Harcourt corresponded with the

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between 1838 and 1849 (before and after her 1845 marriage) and with

Sydney Smith Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English wit, writer, and Anglican cleric. Early life and education Born in Woodford, Essex, England, Smith was the son of merchant Robert Smith (1739–1827) and Maria Olier (1750–1801) ...

within two years of his death. She was amongst the "most favoured of his fair correspondents". Sydney had been a clergyman under her father the Archbishop. He writes to her in a carefree style:

"What a charming existence! To live in the midst of holy people; to know that nothing profane can approach you; to be certain that a Dissenter can no more be found in the palace, than a snake in Ireland, or ripe fruit in Scotland. To have your society strong and undiluted by the laity to bid adieu to human learning; to feast on the Canons and to revel in the Thirty nine articles! Happy Georgiana!"

Family

She married on 4 December 1845 at Bishopthorpe,

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to Major-General

George Alexander Malcolm General George Alexander Malcolm, CB (21 January 1810 – 2 June 1888), was a British Army officer. He served in the First Anglo-Chinese War and became the first Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1843. Career Malcolm was born in Bombay, Indi ...

C.B., son of General Sir

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and Isabella Charlotte (second daughter of Sir Alexander Campbell). Georgiana's husband had been given £500, made Lieutenant-Colonel and a Companion of the

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in 1842 after bringing the

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back to England.Treaty of Nanking at Midley.co.uk
accessed 11 December 2007 He was also given money to cover his travelling expenses from China and a larger sum to cover his expenses on his return. Georgiana died 29 October 1886 at their home in Sloan Street, Chelsea, London.GRO 1861 census: Georgina Malcolm, wife of George A. Malcolm, aged 52 (sic – 54?) of 9 Sloane Street, Chelsea – born Dalston Cumberland Her husband led the

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from 10 March 1866.Regiments.org
accessed 11 December 2007 In 1881, General Malcolm was the Colonel of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, second battalion, a post he held until 1890.

Major works

* ''Luther's Letters to Women'',

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

, 1865, ed. Karl Zimmermann Trans. G. Malcolm Reprinted 2007 * '' Old German Theology a hundred years before the Reformation'' With a preface by Martin Luther. Translated from the German by Mrs. Malcolm 1854 *''Pictures of German Life in the XVth, XVIth, and XVIIth centuries ...'' Translated from the original by

and Georgiana Malcolm *''The Lost Manuscript'' Translated by Mrs. Malcolm. Novel by Gustav Freytag (1865) *''Debit and Credit'' Novel by Gustav Freytag translated by Georgiana Malcolm (1857) *''Our Forefathers'' Translated by Mrs. Malcolm Novel by Gustav Freytag (1873)

References

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