British diplomat, playwright, farmer and Liberal Party politician. He was the son of the Liberal statesman, Sir William Harcourt and his second wife Elizabeth Cabot Motley. His brother Lewis Vernon Harcourt was also a Liberal MP and government minister. He was married to Margery (or Marjorie) Cunard, the granddaughter and heiress of the founder of the famous Cunard shipping concern. They had one daughter named Mary Elizabeth went into the Foreign Service, serving as a Clerk on the diplomatic establishment of the Foreign Office from 1900-1906. He was then briefly engaged in journalism, being parliamentary correspondent of the magazine Tribune until he was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1908. During the First World War, Harcourt served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1914-1918. He followed the Liberal family tradition. He stood unsuccessfully for the London County Council seat of Mile End in 1907,as a Progressive. The Municipal Reform Party swept that election however and Harcourt turned his sights towards Parliament. He first stood for Parliament without success at the Hastings by-election of 1908. was also a playwright. He published two three-act comedies; An Angel Unawares, which was produced by Miss Fanny Brough at Terry's Theatre in 1906, and A Question of Age, produced by Harley Granville-Barker which played at the Court Theatre in 1907.
British diplomat, playwright, farmer and Liberal Party politician. He was the son of the Liberal statesman, Sir William Harcourt and his second wife Elizabeth Cabot Motley. His brother Lewis Vernon Harcourt was also a Liberal MP and government minister. He was married to Margery (or Marjorie) Cunard, the granddaughter and heiress of the founder of the famous Cunard shipping concern. They had one daughter named Mary Elizabeth went into the Foreign Service, serving as a Clerk on the diplomatic establishment of the Foreign Office from 1900-1906. He was then briefly engaged in journalism, being parliamentary correspondent of the magazine Tribune until he was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1908. During the First World War, Harcourt served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1914-1918. He followed the Liberal family tradition. He stood unsuccessfully for the London County Council seat of Mile End in 1907,as a Progressive. The Municipal Reform Party swept that election however and Harcourt turned his sights towards Parliament. He first stood for Parliament without success at the Hastings by-election of 1908. was also a playwright. He published two three-act comedies; An Angel Unawares, which was produced by Miss Fanny Brough at Terry's Theatre in 1906, and A Question of Age, produced by Harley Granville-Barker which played at the Court Theatre in 1907.
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