Biography of Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 1661-1727
Paternal Family Tree: Harcourt
In Dec 1661 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt was born to Philip Harcourt (age 24) in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 09 Oct 1684 [his son] Simon Harcourt was born to Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 22).
On 20 Mar 1688 [his father] Philip Harcourt (age 51) died at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire [Map].
Evelyn's Diary. 08 Jul 1701. My grandson (age 19) went to Sir Simon Harcourt (age 39), the Solicitor General, to Windsor [Map], to wait on my Lord Treasurer. There had been for some time a proposal of marrying my grandson (age 19) to a daughter (age 26) of Mrs. Boscawen (age 58), sister of my Lord Treasurer (age 56), which was now far advanced.
On 21 Jul 1709 [his son] Simon Harcourt (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Evelyn were married.
On 01 Jul 1720 [his son] Simon Harcourt (age 35) died at Paris [Map].
In 1721 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 59) was created 1st Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
In or before 1722 John Walter 3rd Baronet (age 48) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt (age 25) were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 30 Sep 1724 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 62) and Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt (age 28) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. The difference in their ages was 34 years.
Before 22 Aug 1726 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Vernon (age 44) and Jane Stile were married.
On 22 Aug 1726 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Vernon (age 44) died.
Before 1727. Christian Fredericke Zincke (age 43). Miniature portrait of Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 65).
On 23 Jul 1727 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 65) died. Some sources say 28 Dec 1727. His grandson Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt (age 13) succeeded 2nd Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
In 1748 [his former wife] Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt (age 52) died.
The 1717 Indemnity Act freed a large number of prisoners including hundreds of Jacobite supporters of which some two hundred had been captured at the 1715 Battle of Preston. The Act didn't under attainders or restore lands. Those released included:
William Murray 2nd Lord Nairne.
Robert Dalzell 5th Earl of Carnwath 1687-1737.
William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington.
There were exemptions including:
Matthew Prior Poet 1664-1721.
Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt.
Thomas Harley of Kinsham Court 1667-1738.
All members of the Clan McGregor including Rob Roy MacGregor.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 26 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Harcourt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Harcourt 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Simon Harcourt 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Philip Harcourt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England