Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent

Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent (3 January 1829 – 1 March 1916), known as Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 3rd Baronet, from 1869 to 1881, was a British peer and Liberal Member of Parliament.

Derwent was the son of Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baronet, and Louisa Augusta Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, daughter of the Most Reverend Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York. He succeeded as second Baronet on the death of his father in 1869 and the same year he also succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Scarborough, a seat he held until 1880. In 1881 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Derwent, of Hackness in the North Riding of the County of York.

Lord Derwent married Charlotte Mills, daughter of Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet, in 1850. They had nine children. Lady Derwent died in 1901. Lord Derwent survived her by fifteen years and died in March 1916, aged 87. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Francis.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone and John Dent	Member of Parliament for Scarborough 1869–1880 With: John Dent 1869–1874 Sir Charles Legard 1874–1880 William Sproston Caine 1880	Succeeded by William Sproston Caine and John George Dodson
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone	Baronet (of Hackness Hall) 1869–1916	Succeeded by Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Derwent 1881–1916	Succeeded by Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone