Harcourt
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE GRANVILLE VENABLES VERNON, a British lawyer and politician, son of the Rev. William Vernon Harcourt; born Oct. 14, , 1827. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, was called to the bar in 1854, became Queen's Counsel in 1866; contributed frequently to the press; was returned for Oxford city in 1869 in the Liberal interest; distinguished himself by his powers of satire and ridicule in debate; was made solicitor-general in Mr. Gladstone's ministry, November, 1873; home secretary in 1880, when he lost his seat for Oxford, but was returned for Derby.
He introduced the Arms Bill (Ireland), 1881; Prevention of Crimes Bill, 1882; an Explosives Bill, 1883. In February, 1886, he was made chancellor of the exchequer; and after the resignation of Mr. Gladstone's ministry became a prominent leader of the Gladstonian section; in 1892 was reappointed chancellor of the exchequer. Died Oct. 1, 1904. bruary,