Hi Laura, Yes the Harcourts are Grey descendants (back a few centuries) the Governor George William Richard Harcourt is reported to have died unmarried. Margaret Irene Sarney whose father must have been in charge of Somerset House (I think then a disused royal residence) may have been murdered by brigands on the way to see her son but before that she married Harcourt and had at least three children then married Molyneux Shuldham (Lord Shuldham) then married John Meade the Earl of Clanwilliam (dunno how many more children she had) so she may have had a taste for adventure! Thanks for the below. David On Jan 11, 2008, at 1:51 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> David, Philip, Nevilla, et al: >> >> I found a 190-page document entitled "Descendants of Bernard "The >> Dane," and on page 132, it had this to say: >> >> 230. JOHN28 HARCOURT (PHILIPI I28, SIR PHILIP27, SIR SIMON III26, >> SIR ROBERT V25, SIR WALTER I24, SIR SIMON >> II23, SIR JOHN IV22, SIR SIMON I21, SIR CHRISTOPHER20, SIR RICHARD >> IV19, SIRTHOMAS II18, SIR THOMAS I17 DE >> HARCOURT, SIR WILLIAM III16, SIR JOHN15, SIR RICHARD II14, SIR >> WILLIAM II13, SIR RICHARD I12, SIR WILLIAM11, >> ROBERT I10, IVO9, RICHARD8, JEAN7, ANCHETIL6, TURCHETIL5 DE >> NEUFMARCHE, TORF "THE RICH" BARON4 DE >> TOURVILLE, TORF3I, SEIGNEUR DE TOURVILLE, BERNARD "THE2 DANE", DUKE >> OF THE ANGRIAN SAXONS1 BRUNO) >> was born Abt. 1708 in Ankerwycke Priory , Bucks , England, and died >> September 30, 1785 in Ankerwycke Priory >> , Bucks , England. He married (1) ANNE PARKER August 07, 1771. She >> was born in Brentwood Co. , Essex , >> England. He married (2) MARGARET IRENE SARNEY October 05, 1772. She >> was born in Somerset House , >> London , England, and died in Murdered by brigands on her way to >> see her son #3. >> Children of JOHN HARCOURT and MARGARET SARNEY are: >> 248. i. JOHN SIMON29 HARCOURT, b. 1772, Ankerwycke Priory , Bucks , >> England; d. Abt. 1810, Ankerwycke >> Priory , Bucks , England. >> ii. PHILIP HARCOURT. >> iii. GEORGE WILLIAM RICHARD HARCOURT. >> Notes for GEORGE WILLIAM RICHARD HARCOURT: >> Was a Brigadier General, Governor of St. Croix in the West Indies >> >> Sounds like pirates! Does anyone have a history/newspaper of the >> era that would mention this event or her death? >> >> No mention of Gray in this file. There is a Harcourt who dies in >> Australia 1915 there. >> >> Unfortunately, I have no idea where/when I got this very complete >> FamilyTreeMaker file. >> >> There's more, connecting Anquetil to Harcourt. They came from >> Normandy (directly descended from Charlamagne, so the file claims) >> with William the Conquerer. Anyone who would like this PDF, please >> email me directly @ [email protected] >> >> Cheers, >> Laura >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message