Family and Education
b. ?Dec. 1661, o. s. Sir Philip Harcourt‡ of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon. and Anne, da. of Sir William Waller‡ of Osterley Park, Mdx. educ. Shilton, Oxon. (Samuel Birch) to 1677; I. Temple 1676, called 1683, bencher 1702, treasurer 1702; Pembroke, Oxf. matric. 30 Mar. 1677, aged 15, BA 1679, DCL 1702. m. (1) 18 Oct. 1680, Rebecca (d.1687), da. of his fa.’s chaplain, Rev. Thomas Clarke, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) aft. 1695, Elizabeth (d.1724), da. of Richard Spencer, Vintner, of Berry Street, Aldgate, London and Newington, Surr., wid. of Richard Anderson‡, of Pendley, Herts. s.p.; (3) 30 Sept. 1724, Elizabeth (d.1748), da. of Sir Thomas Vernon of Twickenham Park, Mdx., wid. of Sir John Walter‡, 3rd bt. s.p. suc. fa. 1688; Kntd. 1 June 1702. d. 28 July 1727; will 30 May 1727; pr. 14 Nov. 1727 and 19 Mar. 1745.
Offices Held
Solicitor-gen. 1702 – Apr. 1707; attorney-gen. Apr. 1707–1708, Sept. – Oct. 1710; ld. kpr. Oct. 1710 – Apr. 1713; ld. chan. Apr. 1713 – Sept. 1714; PC 19 Oct. 1710 – Sept. 1714, 25 Aug. 1722 – d.; ld. justice 1723, 1725, 1727.
Commr. Union with Scotland 1706.
Recorder of Abingdon June – Dec. 1687, Oct. 1689 – Apr. 1711; clerk of the iter to c.j. in eyre south of the Trent 1695–?9; steward, Woodstock manor and hundred of Wootton, Oxon. 1705 – 09; freeman, Ludlow 1707, Hereford 1710.
Commr. rebuilding St Paul’s 1702 – 07, Q. Anne’s bounty 1704, building 50 new churches 1712 – 15; gov. Charterhouse 1711.
Parlimentarian
Likenesses
oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, aft. 1710, Pembroke, Oxf.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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