Simon Harcourt (1653–1727), of the

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and

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, was an English politician.

Family

Harcourt was the son of Rev. Vere Harcourt and Lucy née Thornton. In 1677 he married his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Anderson and Dame Elizabeth Anderson of

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in Hertfordshire. Elizabeth died in June 1727 and her parents were both dead by 1699, and Harcourt inherited the manor. Harcourt remarried several times: Elizabeth née Canon (d. 1706), then Elizabeth née Morse (d. 1724), and finally Mary née Harcourt, the daughter of his cousin Sir Philip Harcourt.

Career

He was a

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(MP) of the

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and the

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for

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in the periods 21 December 1702 – 1705 and 1710–1715.

References

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