Georges, marquis d'Harcourt explained

Georges-Trevor-Douglas-Bernard d'Harcourt-Olonde (4 November 1808  - 30 November 1883) was a French aristocrat and a 19th-century diplomat. Formally styled marquis d'Harcourt, he served as French Ambassador to London from 1875 until 1879.

Family

Of Anglo-Norman descent, he was the second son of Amédée Louis André Marie Charles François, marquis d'Harcourt (1771–1831) by his wife Elizabeth Harcourt (1771–1846), of Pendley Manor, Hertfordshire.

On 5 August 1841, he married Jeanne-Paule de Beaupoil (1817–1893), daughter of Louis-Clair, comte de Sainte-Aulaire and Louise Charlotte Victoire, daughter of Nicolas de Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont, comte de Brison. They had seven children:[1]

His elder brother William marquis d'Harcourt-Olonde married, in 1837, Elizabeth Georgiana Cavendish, daughter of General The Hon. Henry Cavendish MP, while his sister, Marie-Augusta, became Duchess of Castries, wife of Charles de La Croix, duc de Castries.

Honours

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1808-11-04 . George Trevor Douglas Bernard, marquis d'Harcourt d'Olonde . 2023-10-08 . geni_family_tree . en-US.
  2. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH086/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL1266022v001.htm Official file of George, marquis d'Harcourt, officier of the Légion d'honneur