UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 14 October 1827

Died: 1 October 1904

Knighted - 1873

Member of Privy Council -

husband of Maria Theresa Lister

husband of Elizabeth Cabot Motley

Solicitor General	1873	21 February 1874
Secretary of State for the Home Department	23 April 1880	23 June 1885
Chancellor of the Exchequer	6 February 1886	20 July 1886
Chancellor of the Exchequer	18 August 1892	21 June 1895
Leader of HM Opposition	October 1896	December 1898

2 May 1859	Kirkcaldy District of Burghs	Conservative Party	294	48.51
8 November 1868	Oxford	Liberal Party	2,636	67.14
1873 Resignation of William Vernon-Harcourt on appointment as Solicitor-General.
6 December 1873	Oxford	Liberal Party	Unopposed
3 February 1874	Oxford	Liberal Party	2,332	68.48
1 April 1880	Oxford	Liberal Party	2,771	68.43
23 April 1880 Resignation of Sir William Vernon-Harcourt on appointment as Home Secretary.
8 May 1880	Oxford	Liberal Party	2,681	49.50
25 May 1880	Derby	Liberal Party	Unopposed
25 November 1885	Derby	Liberal Party	7,630	59.29
3 February 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir William Vernon-Harcourt on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
9 February 1886	Derby	Liberal Party	Unopposed
3 July 1886	Derby	Liberal Party	6,431	59.78
4 July 1892	Derby	Liberal Party	7,507	56.99
1892 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir William Vernon-Harcourt on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
24 August 1892	Derby	Liberal Party	6,508	80.08
13 July 1895	Derby	Liberal Party	6,785	47.13
23 July 1895	Western Monmouthshire	Liberal Party	7,243	78.74
12 October 1900	Western Monmouthshire	Liberal Party	5,976	71.34
1 October 1904 Death of Rt Hon Sir William Vernon-Harcourt.