Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
The Viscount Harcourt | |
|---|---|
Lewis Harcourt MP | |
| First Commissioner of Works | |
| In office 10 December 1905 – 3 November 1910 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Lord Windsor |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Beauchamp |
| In office 25 May 1915 – 10 December 1916 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Lord Emmott |
| Succeeded by | Sir Alfred Mond, Bt |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
| In office 3 November 1910 – 25 May 1915 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Crewe |
| Succeeded by | Bonar Law |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1863 Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire |
| Died | 24 February 1922 (aged 59) Brook Street, London |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Mary Ethel Burns (m. 1899) |
| Children | 4, including Doris Harcourt and William Harcourt |
Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt PC (born Reginald Vernon Harcourt; 31 January 1863 – 24 February 1922), was a British Liberal Party politician who held the Cabinet post of Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1910 to 1915. Lord Harcourt's nickname was "Loulou".