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The Viscount Harcourt | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Godfrey Kneller | |
| Lord Keeper of the Great Seal | |
| In office 19 October 1710 – 7 April 1713 | |
| Monarch | Anne |
| Preceded by | In Commission |
| Succeeded by | himself as Lord High Chancellor |
| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
| In office 7 April 1713 – 21 September 1714 | |
| Monarchs | Anne George I |
| Preceded by | himself as Lord Keeper |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Cowper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1661 |
| Died | 29 July 1727 |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Tory |
| Education | Pembroke College, Oxford |
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, PC (December 1661 – 29 July 1727) of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1690 until 1710. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Harcourt in 1711 and sat in the House of Lords, becoming Queen Anne's Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was her solicitor-general and her commissioner for arranging the union with Scotland. He took part in the negotiations preceding the Peace of Utrecht.