Edward William Vernon Harcourt
1825–91
Naturalist and politician. An active member of the artillery volunteer movement from 1862. Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1875. MP for Oxfordshire, 1878–85; for South Oxfordshire, 1885–6. Studied the natural history of Madeira.
Source
Modern English biography.
Bibliography
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
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