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Harcourt, William George Granville Venables Vernon(Harcourt, William, Sir)
1827 - Born on October 14th in York, Yorkshire, England. British lawyer, journalist, politician, and cabinet member in five British Liberal governments.
1854 - Harcourt briefly taught international law at the University of Cambridge.
1868 - Entered the House of Commons.
1873-1874 - Harcourt served Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone as solicitor general.
- He was knighted.
1886 - He was the chancellor of the Exchequer.
1894 - Achieved a major reform in death duties, or estate taxation.
- Remained as chancellor of the Exchequer in the 5th Earl of Rosebery's government and became leader of the House of Commons.
- By imposing a graduated tax on the total estate of a deceased person, Harcourt's legislation was capable of producing much more revenue than taxes only on the amounts inherited by beneficiaries.
1898 - Resigned as leader of the Liberal opposition in the Commons.
1903 - He attacked British imperialism in the Transvaal and the protective-tariff proposals of Joseph Chamberlain.
1904 - Died on October 1st in Nuneham Courtnay, Oxfordshire.
1854 - Harcourt briefly taught international law at the University of Cambridge.
1868 - Entered the House of Commons.
1873-1874 - Harcourt served Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone as solicitor general.
- He was knighted.
1886 - He was the chancellor of the Exchequer.
1894 - Achieved a major reform in death duties, or estate taxation.
- Remained as chancellor of the Exchequer in the 5th Earl of Rosebery's government and became leader of the House of Commons.
- By imposing a graduated tax on the total estate of a deceased person, Harcourt's legislation was capable of producing much more revenue than taxes only on the amounts inherited by beneficiaries.
1898 - Resigned as leader of the Liberal opposition in the Commons.
1903 - He attacked British imperialism in the Transvaal and the protective-tariff proposals of Joseph Chamberlain.
1904 - Died on October 1st in Nuneham Courtnay, Oxfordshire.
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