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	SIMON HARCOURT, 1ST VISCOUNT HARCOURT - LoveToKnow Article on SIMON HARCOURT, 1ST VISCOUNT HARCOURT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1721 Harcourt was created a viscount and returned to the privy councils; and on several occasions during the kings absences from England he was on the council of regency.
		Harcourt was not a great lawyer, but he enjoyed the reputation of being a brilliant orator; Speaker Onslow going so far as to say that Harcourt had the greatest skill and power of speech of any man I ever knew in a public assembly.
		Harcourt married, first, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Clark, his fathers chaplain, by whom he had five children; secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Spencer; and thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Vernon.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HARCOURT_SIMON_HARCOURT_1ST_VISCOUNT.htm (1002 words)

	Stanton Harcourt: Economic history \| British History Online
		In 1235 Richard de Harcourt agreed to share common pasture in Tar wood ('Piriho') with Henry de la Wade, lord of Stanton Wyard, but in 1349 pasture there was said to be worthless because of shade from trees; by the 17th century assarted lands down the wood's western edge included pasture closes and leys.
		In the 16th century the common stint on Stanton Wyard manor was 60 sheep and 12 cattle or horses per yardland; (Footnote 23) on Stanton Harcourt manor by the 17th it was 60 sheep and 8 cattle or 5 horses.
		In 1735 several tenants of Stanton Harcourt manor were in arrears, which was blamed on dull management and old-fashioned methods; no new crops were being grown on any of the Harcourts' Oxfordshire estates, although turnips were grown by the 1770s.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=2080 (5231 words)

	The Campaign of Crecy. How the King of England Came over the Sea Again, to Rescue Them in Aiguillon. Froissart, Jean. ...
		In the same season the lord Godfrey of Harcourt came into England, who was banished out of France: he was well received with the king and retained to be about him, and had fair lands assigned him in England to maintain his degree.
		Then he commanded the mariners to set their course to Normandy, and he took into his ship the token of the admiral the earl of Warwick, and said how he would be admiral for the viage, and so sailed on before as governour of that navy, and they had wind at will.
		These lords took heed for the provision of the town, the which as then was not walled.
	www.bartleby.com /35/1/101.html (668 words)

	Lord Chancellor
		The Lord Chancellor is one of the oldest offices of state in the United Kingdom.
		Originally, the Lord Chancellor was the officer responsible for keeping the Great Seal of England[?], and was usually a clergyman.
		The Lord Chancellor was once also the presiding officer of the Chancery Court in London.
	www.findword.org /lo/lord-chancellor.html (738 words)

	The British Army - Chapter Three
		Lord Barrington was also opposed to the measures employed to obtain recruits, and doubted their efficacy.
		This regiment was raised by Lord McDonnel in the Highlands and Isles in 1777-1778.
		This regiment was raised by Lord Rawdon at Philadelphia in 1777 during the British occupation under the title of the "Volunteers of Ireland." It was not placed upon the establishment, however, until 1782 or 1783, when it was brought into line as the King's Irish Regiment of Foot.
	www.americanrevolution.org /britisharmy3.html (7601 words)

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		Lord Granville gave me a memorandum saying that Gordon had acknowledged that the statements in the _Pall Mall_ were "not accurate." Lord Granville went on to say that he did not think that Gordon could be said to have "changed his mind.
		Lord Wolseley, preparing for the sending of a military force to Khartoum this autumn, stated that his force must be exclusively British, for he doubted whether the very best of our Indian regiments could stand the charges of the Arabs, besides which our natives took the field encumbered with followers.
		Lord Roberts, who was not given to boasting, told me, long afterwards, that he, on the other hand, was sure that he could have marched from Suakim to the Nile and Khartoum with an exclusively Indian force.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/8dlk210.txt (15372 words)

	ipedia.com: Lord Chancellor Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nevertheless, the Lord Chancellor has taken the judicial oath, and it is often said that the most important job of the Lord Chancellor is to preserve the independence of the judiciary, and to argue for the judiciary in the Cabinet.
		The previous Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg refused to rule out sitting as a judge, and it has been argued that the radical proposals that came with his replacement are partly due to his refusal to take this simple step.
		Lord Falconer duly appeared in the House of Lords the next working day in full-bottomed wig and breeches to preside as Lord Chancellor, as he is required to do by the Standing Orders of the House every day the House is sitting unless he has obtained a leave of absence.
	www.ipedia.com /lord_chancellor.html (1806 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		Lord Harcourt was appointed his governor in the place of Lord North, Dr. Hayter, bishop of Norwich, his preceptor, and Stone and Scott his sub-governor and sub-preceptor.
		Although first lord of the treasury, he complained that, with a trifling exception, the king had never attended to a single recommendation he had made; all patronage was taken out of his hands, and seven peers were created without his having been told of the king's intention.
		Lord Rockingham remonstrated with the king, resigned his office in the bedchamber on 4 Nov., and was treated in the same manner.
	www.thepeerage.com /e96.htm (14083 words)

	Regency - Dea to Dev
		Although they sparred from the moment they met, Melissande found herself inexplicably breathless in the presence of the proud lord, and when the two were unwittingly swept into a tangle of adventures with smugglers, a spy, and a scheme to save her sister's reputation, the sparks of fury seemed to disguise something quite delightfully different.
		Lord Oxenby has always prided himself on being a friend of the Queen, but is perplexed when she first orders him to join Lady Lucianne as “Lord and Lady of the Masquerade,” and then later as her husband.
		And when Lord Jeremy Pickering kissed her in a fit of pique--promptly accepting a bucketful of suds in return--the apology he received after her anger quelled was in words as aristocratic as his own.
	romancereaderatheart.com /regency/DeaDev.html (8098 words)

	Draggin' Slayer: Shakespeare: King Henry IV, Part 2
		LORD BARDOLPH We all that are engaged to this loss Knew that we ventured on such dangerous seas That if we wrought our life 'twas ten to one; And yet we ventured, for the gain proposed Choked the respect of likely peril fear'd; And since we are o'erset, venture again.
		LORD BARDOLPH It was, my lord; who lined himself with hope, Eating the air on promise of supply, Flattering himself in project of a power Much smaller than the smallest of his thoughts: And so, with great imagination Proper to madmen, led his powers to death And winking leap'd into destruction.
		FALSTAFF My lord, this is a poor mad soul; and she says up and down the town that the eldest son is like you: she hath been in good case, and the truth is, poverty hath distracted her.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~stf/shakespeare/henryiv2.html (19296 words)

	Origins Of The Golden Retriever
		In 1872 Lord Tweedmouth mated another Tweed Water Spaniel with ‘Cowslip’ from Ladykirk which produced ‘Topsy.’ Lord Tweedmouth then wanted to improve the hunting instincts by outcrossing ‘Topsy’ with a fl Wavy Coat Retriever, ‘Sambo,’ from Sir Henry Meux which produced ‘Zoe’ in 1877.
		Lord Harcourt was a regular guest of the hunt at Guisachan when the second Lord Tweedmouth lived there from 1894 to 1905, and later after Lord Portsmouth had purchased the estate.
		Lord Harcourt was a family friend of the Tweedmouth family due to their political involvements and it is said the name Golden Retriever was coined by Viscount Harcourt.
	www.shilohpark.net /GoldenHistoryorigins.htm (1499 words)

	Lady Anne Hadaway, [from] Travel & Tour Guide for England (incomplete manuscript, 1791)
		The village of Nuneham is the entire property of Lord H[arcourt], and consists entirely of cottagers; they are all of the established church,
		The houses of those who have gained the prize are repaired immediately where the cottager requires at the expense of Lord H[arcourt].
		Lord Harcourt: the second earl Harcourt, friend of Horace Walpole and the one-time republican poet Rev. William Mason.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~sdb2/hadaway.htm (715 words)

	Marshal of France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Wolfart VI Van Borselleen, Lord of Vère in Holland and Earl of Buchan in Scotland (died 1487), Marshal of France in 1464
		Henri I of Montmorency, Lord of Damville, Duke of Montmorency, Count of Dammartin and Alais, Baron of Chateaubriant, Lord of Chantilly and Ecouen (1534-1614), Marshal of France in 1566
		Guillaume de Joyeuse, Viscount of Joyeuse, Lord of Saint-Didier, of Laudun, of Puyvert and of Arques (1520-1592), Marshal of France in 1582
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Marshal-of-France.htm (4265 words)

	A History of Clewer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Both she and her father, Lord Rokeby, are buried at Clewer and Magdalen's gravestone has carved lilies of the valley on a recumbent cross.
		Queen Victoria’s name for her was "dearest Lily." Lord Rokeby was a General and was Colonel of the Scots Guards.
		In 1760 Harcourt was sent to Mecklenburg Strelitz to escort to England the consort-elect of George III and he was appointed to a post in the Royal Household.He was A.D.C. to Lord Albermarle at the taking of Havana in 1763.
	www.clewervillage.co.uk /People.htm (2178 words)

	Official Kate Elliot Website
		Lord Harcourt pounded on the door with his walking stick.
		The door remained shut, and when Harcourt tried the handle, it seemed to be locked from inside.
		A gust of wind lifted his hat right off his hand, and as he scrambled down the street after it, Harcourt tried the door again and swore explosively when it remained fixed shut.
	www.sff.net /people/Kate.Elliott/ironkey_excerpt.html (581 words)

	Department for Constitutional Affairs - Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers: past and present
		In addition, it should be noted that the nature of the historical office of Lord Chancellor is very different from that of today, and it would be misleading to suggest the roles are the same.
		The only similarity between the post-Norman Conquest 'Chancellor' and today's 'Lord Chancellor' is that both are custodian of the Great Seal.
		The titles given are those held by both Lord Chancellors and Lord Keeper at the time they held the Great Seal.
	www.dca.gov.uk /lcfr.htm (487 words)

	Lord Chancellor
		Isidore's College at Rome, even the English Government could not Library the late Sir Robert Peel proposed, in 1849, to buy for the declared, with the confident shallowness which makes him so admired all searchers for truth, that he saw nothing in the whole collection Melville on the American war.
		That is to say, this correspondence of Macaulay himself knew or cared.
		Perhaps an Oxford or Cambridge on a matter of Celtic manuscripts, even against Lord Macaulay.
	www.wordlookup.net /lo/lord-chancellor.html (509 words)

	BEAUMONT FAMILY GENEALOGY - Life is the Past Lane
		Rollo was succeeded by his son William Longsword (c.924-942) who encouraged the revival of the monasteries until his assassination which triggered a pagan revival, civil disorder and attack from the king of France and Scandinavian raiders.
		Bernard, Lord of Harcourt, Carleville and Beaufidel in Normandy, was a nobleman of royal blood of Saxony.
		Bernard De Harcourt acquired the above lordships in Normandy, when in 911 Rollo "The Dane" was granted land by the Franks and founded Normandy in France.
	kyusa.addr.com /Beaumont (4407 words)

	Elf Sternberg \| Bloody Beth \| Bloody Beth, Chapter 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Harcourt made his way through the Governor's mansion to the guests' quarters, where the Lady Elaine awaited his return.
		"We are looking for you, Jacob Harcourt." In an instant, her hands were out, two pistols aimed at the heads of the Lord and Lady Harcourt.
		And she needed an agent of the King who could be turned to her advantage, one who would prove a ready and yet unimpeachable testament to the truth of the Harcourt plight.
	www.drizzle.com /~elf/bloodybeth/Beth04.html (4483 words)

	The Chronicles of Froissart
		Then the lords came out of their ships and fiercely made assault: the burgesses of the town were in great fear of their lives, wives and children: they suffered the Englishmen to enter into the town against the will of all the soldiers that were there; they put all their goods to the Englishmen's
		The lord Charles of Bohemia his son, who wrote himself king of Almaine and bare the arms, he came in good order to the battle; but when he saw that the matter went awry on their party, he departed, I cannot tell you which way.
		The lord James Audley with his four squires was in the front of that battle and there did marvels in arms, and by great prowess he came and fought with sir Arnold d'Audrehem under his own banner, and there they fought long together and sir Arnold was there sore handled.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/froissart-full.html (14975 words)

	Absolute Power Episode Guide - Absolute Power Season Episodes - TV.com
		The group is the brain child of Lord Harcourt who in Charles' judgement is an old imbecile who sits around his extensive Oxfordshire pile, writing letters to The Times about voles.
		It is agreed, with Harcourt's blessing, that Roddy should lead the new party.
		All goes swimmingly well until Harcourt and Roddy decide that Charles and Martin deserve to be given a little extra insight into the organisation which they have agreed to promote.
	www.tv.com /absolute-power/show/22699/episode_guide.html (1028 words)

	Towards A Better Nigeria
		One of such testimonies is the statement by the conceptualiser of the merger idea, Lord Frederick Lugard that: "The material prosperity of the South increased with astonishing rapidity...
		The second 'seed of enduring instability' sown was the British colonisers' 'hegemonist's tactics' in their usual resort to 'divide and rule' of pitching one part of their protectorates against the other.
		The cities of Lagos and Port Harcourt have deservedly become the engine wheels of the country's economy.
	www.nigerdeltacongress.com /tarticles/towards_a_better_nigeria.htm (3428 words)

	Brimmer and May \| Anything Goes
		Hope Harcourt and Lord Evelyn Oakley pose for a photograph.
		Moonface Martin, Lord Evelyn Oakley, and Reno Sweeney.
		Hope Harcourt, Billy Crocker, and Lord Evelyn Oakley.
	www.brimmer.org /pages/sitepage.cfm?id=72 (35 words)

	Chronicle and Romance by Various Authors
		Raynold Cobham, and their company rode out on the one side and wasted and exiled the country, as the lord Harcourt had done; and the king ever rode between these battles, and every night they lodged together.
		Then the French king sent for the lord John of Hainault, who came to him with a great number: also the king sent for other men of arms, dukes, earls, barons, knights and squires, and assembled together the greatest number of people that had been seen in France a hundred year before.
		He sent for men into so far countries, that it was long or they came together, wherefore the king of England did what him list in the mean season.
	manybooks.net /print/various13671367413674-8.html (192 words)

	The Second Part of Henry the Fourth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Lords and Attendants; Porter, Drawers, Beadles, Grooms, c.
		I cannot think, my lord, your son is dead.
		The prince, Lord John and Duke of Lancaster.
	www.cs.wisc.edu /niagara/data/shakes/hen_iv_2.xml (10449 words)

	All About Romance Novels - Special Title Listing: Heroes in Pursuit
		Lord Stanhope's Proposal (2000) by Jessica Benson - Tristan Rutherford-Hayes, Earl of Stanhope
		Beast (1997) by Judith Ivory - Charles Harcourt
		Lord Ruin (2002) by Carolyn Jewell - Ruan, Duke of Cynnsyr
	www.likesbooks.com /pursuit.html (918 words)

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