The daughter of Granville Harcourt-Vernon; in 1843 she became the second wife of Humphrey St. John-Mildmay. In 1841 Sydney Smith described her as “a mass of perfections.”

REFERENCES TO Marianne Frances St. John Mildmay [née Harcourt Vernon]:

Sydney Smith to Georgiana Meynell Ingram, 22 May 1841 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Georgiana Vernon Harcourt [Malcolm], 24 July 1841 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)