Monday, 27 November 2017
1746 Robert Harcourt
Constituency : Montrose Burghs 1908-18
Robert took over from John Morley when the latter was elevated to the peerage. He won fairly comfortably with Labour coming second.
Robert was the son of Sir William Harcourt and younger brother of Lewis. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. Robert became a diplomat in the Foreign Office from 1900 to 1906. He then tried his hand at journalism, writing for Tribune until his election . He wrote a couple of plays and subsequently sat on a Joint Committee on Censorship shortly after his election. He stood for Hastings at a by-election earlier in the year.
Robert became chairman of the Reform Union.
Robert served in World War One as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Robert stood down in 1918. He concentrated on his estates and bred a herd of pedigree Jersey cattle.
Robert was a pilot officer in the RAF Volunteer Reserve and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on the outbreak of World War Two.
He died in 1962 aged 84.
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