Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt

The Viscount Harcourt
Lewis Harcourt MP
First Commissioner of Works
In office
10 December 1905 – 3 November 1910
MonarchsEdward VII
George V
Prime MinisterSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
H. H. Asquith
Preceded byThe Lord Windsor
Succeeded byThe Earl Beauchamp
In office
25 May 1915 – 10 December 1916
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byThe Lord Emmott
Succeeded bySir Alfred Mond, Bt
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office
3 November 1910 – 25 May 1915
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byThe Earl of Crewe
Succeeded byBonar Law
Personal details
Born(1863-01-31)31 January 1863
Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire
Died24 February 1922(1922-02-24) (aged 59)
Brook Street, London
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Mary Ethel Burns
(m. 1899)
Children4, including Doris Harcourt and William Harcourt

Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt PC (born Reginald Vernon Harcourt; 31 January 1863 – 24 February 1922), was a British Liberal Party politician who held the Cabinet post of Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1910 to 1915. Lord Harcourt's nickname was "Loulou".