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George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt (1736–1809) was an English politician, patron of the arts, and gardener.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Harcourt, George Simon, Visct. Nuneham (1736–1809)'', History of Parliament Online )〕 ==Life== His parents were Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, who died in 1777 until which time George was known as Viscount Nuneham, and his wife Rebecca.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catalogue of papers of the Harcourt family, 1638–1910, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford )〕 He spent two years at Westminster School,〔 and had art lessons from Alexander Cozens and other masters. In 1754 Harcourt travelled in Germany and Italy with George Bussy Villiers, and William Whitehead as tutor to Villiers. His Grand Tour continued to 1756.〔 Whitehead later wrote poems about both family estates, Middleton Park and Nuneham Courtney. Harcourt was elected to parliament for in 1761, remaining a member until 1767. He was not recorded as having spoken in the House.〔 He was a supporter of John Wilkes, a friend of Catherine Macaulay, and an opponent of the war against the American colonies, having entered the House of Lords in 1777. In 1772 Harcourt began to redesign the gardens at Nuneham Courtney, assisted by William Mason, moving on to the park in 1777. From 1779 Capability Brown was brought in to advise, on the park and gardens; and Paul Sandby, perhaps a contact made through Whitehead, on the interior of the house.〔 As a patron Harcourt employed Thomas Pitt on a monument to his father, and set up a poetry prize on the Ancient Britons, won by George Richards. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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