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Georges-Trevor-Douglas-Bernard d'Harcourt-Olonde (4 November 1808 – 30 November 1883) was a French aristocrat and a 19th-century diplomat. Formally styled marquis d'Harcourt, he served as French Ambassador to London from 1875 until 1879.

Family

Of Anglo-Norman descent, he was the second son of Amédée Louis André Marie Charles François, marquis d'Harcourt (1771–1831) by his wife Elizabeth Harcourt (1771–1846), of Pendley Manor, Hertfordshire.

On 5 August 1841, he married Jeanne-Paule de Beaupoil (1817–1893), daughter of Louis-Clair, comte de Sainte-Aulaire and Louise Charlotte Victoire, daughter of Nicolas de Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont, comte de Brison. They had seven children:[1]

  • Bernard Pierre Louis (1842–1914), marquis d'Harcourt and baron d'Olonde, etc.
  • Louis-Emmanuel, (1844–1928), Mayor of Souppes
  • Victor Amédée Constant (1848–1935), Colonel of the 168th Infantry Regiment
  • Louis Marie Georges (1856–1946), Major in the French Cavalry
  • Pauline d'Harcourt-Olonde (1846–1922), comtesse d'Haussonville
  • Aline d'Harcourt-Olonde (1852–1943)
  • Catherine d'Harcourt-Olonde (1859–1944), comtesse de Puymaigre

His elder brother William marquis d'Harcourt-Olonde married, in 1837, Elizabeth Georgiana Cavendish, daughter of General The Hon. Henry Cavendish MP, while his sister, Marie-Augusta, became Duchess of Castries, wife of Charles de La Croix, duc de Castries.

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References

  1. ↑ "George Trevor Douglas Bernard, marquis d'Harcourt d'Olonde". geni_family_tree. 1808-11-04. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. ↑ Official file of George, marquis d'Harcourt, officier of the Légion d'honneur (LH/1266/22).
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