The Earl Harcourt | |
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| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
| In office 29 October 1772 – 7 December 1776 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Townshend |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Buckinghamshire |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1714 Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 16 September 1777 (aged 63) Nuneham Park, Oxfordshire |
Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, PC, FRS (1714 – 16 September 1777), known as Viscount Harcourt between 1727 and 1749, was a British diplomat and general who became Viceroy of Ireland.[1]
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1883). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (3 ed.). London: Harrison. pp. 261–263. ISBN 0-8063-0789-7.