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About William Vernon Harcourt
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He was Member of Parliament for Oxford, Derby, then West Monmouthshire and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of the Opposition. A talented speaker in parliament, he was sometimes regarded as aloof and possessing only an intellectual involvement in his causes. He failed to engender much emotional response in the public and became only a reluctant and disillusioned leader of his party.
Everything about William Vernon Harcourt →- Occupation
- politician, jurist, journalist, barrister
- Position held
- Leader of the Opposition, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- October 14, 1827
- Died
- October 1, 1904