Harcourt family of Ankerwycke, history and any relatives left

[Brooke Greville]

I am trying to trace any history of the Harcourts of Ankerwycke family from around 1800 to present living issue. I believe the last Lord of the manor of Wraysbury was a Captain Guy Elliot Harcourt.
What was the link between the Harcourt and Greville family.

[*Sandra*]

Hi,

You probably have accumulated lots of information on Captain Guy Elliot Harcourt and took the family history backwards and forwards. If you google his name, there is lots of information on him. Ancestry has several ancestry trees - have you tried to contact the owners of those to compare notes ? Guy Elliott Harcourt born 12 August 1869 - appears on the 1871 Census for St. Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands with parents John L C and Harriet E E Harcourt. Harcourt history recorded back to 1700 ish with no reference to the Greville surname.
The probate for Guy Elliott Harcourt of 2 Branksome, Eastern Parade, Southsea, Hants, died 30 Oct 1936. Probate to Earnest Charles Daintrey and William Noel Wickham (solicitors). 3 December 1936 - Effects £48,677 12s 8d.

a few examples of what you might find on google.

http://www.wraysbury.net/history/manors.htm

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/144667-missing-captain-guy-elliot-harcourt/

http://www.filytreemaker.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/harcourt/335/

The son Guy Chandos Harcourt appears on FIND A GRAVE

1903 - 1976 - O.B.E.

Burial: St Saviour Roman Catholic Churchyard  Totland Isle of Wight Unitary Authority
Isle of Wight.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HAR&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GScntry=5&GSsr=161&GRid=46359337&

Married a Mary Felice Thwaites 12 December 1957.

Nov 28 1957  - Marriage will take place at Staines 12 December between Guy Chandos Harcourt, 46 rue Pergolese, Paris (XV1), son of the late Guy Elliot Harcourt, formerly of Ankerwycke Priory, Wraysbury and of Mrs Harcourt and Mary Felice Thwaites, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs AJD Thwaites of 9 Audley Ave, Gillingham.



Guy Chandos Harcourt  of Willow Cottage Colwell Chine Rd Colwell Bay Isle Of Wight died 16 June 1976 - Probate London 11 November   - £34, 757  &s  6d.

Sandra

[Brooke Greville]

Hello Sandra
Thankyou for your help.
There are certain parts about this family in archives in Wraysbury, but there is also an indication that the Harcourts of Ankerwycke werer married into or connected by family to the Greville family, which is hinted at in various forums.
Snippets of truth is evident and goes to make a mystery worth looking into.

[jennifer c]

Can you share theses snippets so that we can follow them up.

[Brooke Greville]

There is an important family member named Otto Henry Simon Harcourt of Ankerwycke b1848, Milburn, Australia and it is his children I would like to trace, especially the male line. Otto was the eldest son of George Harcourt and his second wife Gertrude Lucas.
Otto Simon Henry Harcourt married a Muriel Ascroft circa 1892 in Cape Colony, Africa, who was their son.

[BushInn1746]

Hello Brooke Greville

According to this link about the Windsor area (Parish of Clewer)
http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/st_leonards_hill.html

The lodge was occupied by a Henry Greville and the 3rd Earl Harcourt purchased the residence he renamed St. Leonard's Hill.

Edward Vernon (Harcourt), Archbishop of York;
Earl's widowed sister, Sophie, the Marquise d'Harcourt

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WLQUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=Harcourt+1830&source=bl&ots=s3OQ5zwLgE&sig=r-0YbP3KEhzvYb75zV_PXJLxZzQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVzLj-6JvTAhUnC8AKHdKhCLoQ6AEIJzAF


Elsewhere, there is a claim that Henry Greville was Prime Minister.
http://www.windsor-berkshire.co.uk/dedworth/


I wonder if there was some Greville - Harcourt link in that area? See Bodleian Library catalogue link below.


Record collections listed by TNA, for 3rd Earl Harcourt
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F36166

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Bodleian Library, Oxford
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/harcourt-fam/harcourt-fam.html

letters to George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt, from Frances Greville 1777


Verse by Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt, 1750-1804 ...
verse, addressed to George Simon Harcourt, Viscount Nuneham, commencing 'Greville to yours my wish I join', Oct. 1765

Bodleian link has two other Greville references.


Regards Mark

[BushInn1746]

A Mr & Mrs Harcourt were two of those present at a Memorial Service of Captain the Hon. Ronald Greville.

The Manchester Courier, Friday, 10 April 1908.

In Memory of Captain Greville.
There was a large attendance yesterday at a memorial service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, in connection with the death of Captain the Hon. Ronald Greville, son of Lord Greville, who for some years represented East Bradford in the Conservative interest. Among those present were the Marchioness of Breadalbane, Sir E. Sassoon, M.P., the Earl of Crewe, Lord Colebrook, Sir E. Cassel, Mr. Younger, M.P., Mr Harcourt, M.P., and Mrs Harcourt, ...

[Brooke Greville]

Thankyou Mark.
Ronnie Greville resided at Polesdon Lacy at the time of his death in 1908 and I wonder if these Harcourts who attended where from the Ankerwycke Harcourts.
Margaret Greville (Mrs Greville) Ronnies wife became a very well known hostess and was well connected to the Royal family.
Regarding Otto Simon Henry Harcourt, son of George Harcourt and Gertrude Lucas, have you ever come across confirmation as to Ottos childrens names, its his sons I need to trace.
Regards
Brooke.


The Manchester Courier, Friday, 10 April 1908.

In Memory of Captain Greville.
There was a large attendance yesterday at a memorial service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, in connection with the death of Captain the Hon. Ronald Greville, son of Lord Greville, who for some years represented East Bradford in the Conservative interest. Among those present were the Marchioness of Breadalbane, Sir E. Sassoon, M.P., the Earl of Crewe, Lord Colebrook, Sir E. Cassel, Mr. Younger, M.P., Mr Harcourt, M.P., and Mrs Harcourt, ...

[BushInn1746]

"Regarding Otto Simon Henry Harcourt, son of George Harcourt and Gertrude Lucas, have you ever come across confirmation as to Ottos childrens names, its his sons I need to trace."

Hello Brooke

Using
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Otto Simon Henry Harcourt was born 1849 in the Registration District of Eton.

Otto Simon H Harcourt, married 1872 in the Registration District of Swansea.

Otto S H Harcourt, Married 1910 in the Registration District of Westminster.

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Newspaper Births

You may wish to check the index for free by signing into the GRO Index, as there may be more possibles.
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/


The Standard, 15 October 1874
BIRTHS
HARCOURT.- Sept. 7, at Athens, the wife of Otto Harcourt, Esq., of a son.

No name, but birth Athens.


The Morning Post (London), 27 August 1875
HARCOURT.- On the 24th inst., at Broadstairs, Kent, the [wife? scan unreadable / missing] Otto Harcourt, of a son.

Possibly Wilfred Otto HARCOURT, Registration District of Thanet.


London Evening Standard, 26 November 1877
BIRTHS.
HARCOURT.- Nov. 18, at 101, Randolph-road, Maida-hill, the wife of Otto Harcourt, Esq., of a son.

Possibly Norman HARCOURT, Registration District of Kensington?


I can't access any Census images, but hopefully, somebody on here will be able to check the family in the Census for you?


Regards Mark