Popular Culture
- Harcourt was the subject of several parody novels based on Alice in Wonderland, such as Caroline Lewis's Clara in Blunderland (1902) and Lost in Blunderland (1903).,
- Sir William Harcourt is the source for the character of Sir Ethelred in Joseph Conrad's novel The Secret Agent.
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