William Harcourt (politician) Attribution William Harcourt (politician) Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt, KC (14 October 1827 – 1 October 1904) was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of the Opposition. A talented speaker in parliament, he was sometimes regarded as aloof and possessing only an intellectual involvement in his causes. He failed to engender much emotional response in the public and became only a reluctant and disillusioned leader of his party. Harcourt
Harcourt, Iowa Harcourt, Iowa Harcourt is a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census. Harcourt was platted in 1881. It was named for William Vernon Harcourt, a British statesman. A post office has been in operation in Harcourt since 1882. Harcourt is located at (42.262056, -94.176589). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 303 people, 131 households, and 85 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 146 housing units