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Harcourt-Vernon is a surname:

Granville Harcourt-Vernon, was a British politician.

Granville Edward Harcourt-Vernon was a British Conservative Party politician.

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Venables-Vernon-Harcourt is a surname:

Harcourt is a surname, and may refer to:

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Octavius Henry Cyril Vernon Harcourt was a British naval officer. He was the eighth son of Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York, and began life as Octavius Henry Cyril Vernon at Rose Castle, Cumberland. On 15 January 1831, succeeding to the properties of William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, the father's cousin, the family assumed the additional surname of Harcourt.

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