Harcourt Johnstone 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 Johnstone was educated at Eton College and at
Edward Vernon Harcourt member of Royal Commission for organizing the Volunteer Force in 1862, and was 15 years President of National Artillery Association. He was the author of "Sketch of Madeira" (1851) and "Sporting in Algeria" (1859). He inherited Nuneham House and Park in 1871 and had a new Nuneham Courtenay parish church built in 1872-74. He served as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1878 to 1885 and for Henley from 1885 to 1886. Harcourt was married to Lady Susan Harriet Holroyd, daughter of 2nd Earl of Sheffield in 1849. His brother was the politician William Vernon Harcourt. Edward Vernon Harcourt Edward