Family
On 5 February 1784 he married Anne Leveson-Gower, third daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, and they had sixteen children. His wife died at Bishopthorpe Palace on 16 November 1832, aged 72.
His second son, the Rev. Levesox Vernon Harcourt, was chancellor of York and the author of The Doctrine of the Deluge,, and of other theological works. His fourth son was William Vernon Harcourt, the founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. His eighth son was Admiral Octavius Henry Cyril Harcourt whilst his youngest daughter, Georgiana, distinguished herself as a translator.
The children included:
- Louisa Augusta Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (d. 4 Aug 1869)
- George Granville Vernon-Harcourt (6 Aug 1785 - 19 Dec 1861)
- The Reverend Leveson Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1788 - 26 Jul 1860)
- Reverend William Vernon Harcourt (Jun 1789 - 1 Apr 1871)
- Admiral Frederick Edward Vernon-Harcourt (15 Jun 1790 - 1 May 1883)
- Lt.-Col. Henry Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1791 - 26 Feb 1853)
- Granville Harcourt-Vernon (26 Jul 1792 - 8 Dec 1879)
- Vice-Admiral Octavius Henry Cyril Harcourt (26 Dec 1793 - 14 Aug 1863)
- The Reverend Charles Vernon-Harcourt (14 Nov 1798 - 10 Dec 1870)
- Colonel Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (6 Jan 1801 - 23 Apr 1880)
- Egerton Vernon-Harcourt (1803 - 19 Oct 1883), who died at Whitwell Hall, Yorkshire
- Georgiana Harcourt (1807–1886)
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