Harcourt Johnstone minister) and Anthony Eden amongst prominent government mourners. Harcourt Johnstone Harcourt Johnstone (19 May 1895 – 1 March 1945), nicknamed Crinks, was a British Liberal Party politician. Johnstone was born in London in 1895, the son of the Hon. Sir Alan Johnstone, a British diplomat, and his American wife Antoinette Pinchot. His nickname 'Crinks' is alleged to have derived from the wrinkled face he had as a baby. One of his ancestors was Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827–1904) who was Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone. His paternal grandfather was the first Baron Derwent. Harcourt
Octavius Vernon Harcourt church of Masham. In 1858 he erected in Masham six almshouses which he endowed with £1,775 three per cent Consols. Harcourt's racehorse Ellington won The Derby in 1856. He married, on 22 February 1838, Anne Holwell, second daughter of William Gater, and widow of William Danby of Swinton Park. She died on 26 June 1879, devising her Yorkshire estates to George, fifth son of Sir Robert Affleck, Bt. He died at Swinton Park, Yorkshire, on 14 August 1863. Octavius Vernon Harcourt Octavius Henry Cyril Vernon Harcourt (25 December 1793 - 14 August 1863) was a British naval officer. He was