Harcourt

Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon, an English lawyer and politician, son of the Rev. William Vernon Harcourt; born Oct. 14, 1827. In February, 1886. he was made chancellor of the exchequer, and was reappointed in 1892 After the resignation of Mr. Glad. stone, he became leader of the Liberal Party. He retired from public life in Marcb, 1904, and died at Nuneham Park, near Oxford, October 1, 1904.