Of Whitwell Hall, Yorkshire, the tenth son of Edward, archbishop of York; educated at Christ Church, Oxford and the Inner Temple, he was a barrister and registrar of the diocese of York.

REFERENCES TO Egerton Venables Vernon Harcourt:

Sydney Smith to Georgiana Vernon Harcourt [Malcolm], [July] 1838 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)