Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State derived its name from a British rapist and paedophile, Lord Lewis Vernon Harcourt.

Although, this was disclosed by controversial former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, who asked for the change of the name, search showed that he was right.

History records that Harcourt enjoyed to have sexual liaisons with both underage girls and boys.

Harcourt was born at Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, on 31 January 1863, the only surviving son of politician Sir William Vernon Harcourt and his first wife, Theresa Lister. He was originally christened with the name Reginald, in honour of his father’s university friend Reginald Cholmondeley, but when George Cornewall Lewis died just over two months after, he was rechristened Lewis.



According to Wikipedia, Harcourt never knew his mother, who died only a day after giving birth to him. His elder brother, Julian Harcourt, died the previous year. He was educated at Eton.

Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State in southern Nigeria, is named after him. When the port was established in 1912, there was much controversy about the name it should receive. In August 1913, the Governor-General of Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard wrote to Harcourt, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, that “in the absence of any convenient local name, I would respectfully ask your permission to call this Port Harcourt”.

The Secretary of State replied, “It gives me pleasure to accede to your suggestion that my name should be associated with the new Port”

Harcourt was known in London Society a sexual predator of the young of both genders. He attempted to sexually assault Dorothy Brett, the daughter of Viscount Esher, when she was about 15.

Dorothy Brett wrote of him that “It is so tiresome that Loulou is such an old roué. He is as bad with boys as with girls… he is simply a sex maniac. It isn’t that he is in love. It is just ungovernable sex desire for both sexes.”



In 1922, Harcourt committed suicide via potassium bromide, following an attempt to seduce Edward James, a young Etonian, who later became an important collector of surrealist and other contemporary art. James’s mother spread the story throughout Society. However, the accusations remained unknown by the wider public for fifty years.

Harcourt died in his sleep at his London townhouse at 69, Brook Street (now Savile Club) in the early hours of 24 February 1922, aged 59. An inquest was held as to the cause of death, which was ruled accidental; the underlying cause being given as heart failure and sudden oedema of the lungs brought on by a dose of Bromidia, which he had been prescribed as a sleep aid.

According to the coroner, who found extensive heart disease, the amount of Bromidia he had taken would not have caused death in a healthy person. According to his valet, there was only a very small amount of Bromidia left in the bottle the prior evening, which Harcourt did not take regularly.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/10/06/revealed-port-harcourt-named-after-a-rapist/

So what should we do about it?

Monogamy:
So what should we do about it?

Learn not to be like Him

Lol wahala just plenty for this country....

The current president nko no be Terrorist sympathizer...

Are you from Port Harcourt? I don't understand why you're making it your business.

TheBanker23:


Learn not to be like Him

To start with, the article was written in 2019 with no solid evidence to back it up.

You people should stop swallow any news just like that..

Monogamy:


To start with, the article was written in 2019 with no solid evidence to back it up.

You people should stop swallow any news just like that..

I still can't fathom why you seem so bothered that port-harcout was named after a paedophile and serial rapist. Are you one?
If we do not know our history, how are we armed to affect our present and future Positively.

It is people like you that stand in aversion to any positive development. Spitts

EmptyGarden:
Are you from Port Harcourt? I don't understand why you're making it your business.

Yes I am, if this might help you chill a bit, take a bath and go to church, instead of masturbating over this thread.

TheBanker23:


I still can't fathom why you seem so bothered that port-harcout was named after a paedophile and serial rapist. Are you one?
If we do not know our history how are we armed to affect our present and future Positively.

It is people like you that stand in aversion to any positive development. Spitts

I still don't know why some people are just too emotional to disect a news, verified it before acting on it.

NL is not a market square discussion...

Harcourt does not mean anything to us. Igweocha does

If this is true, then the name should be changed

Monogamy:


I still don't know why some people are just too emotional to disect a news, verified it before acting on it.

NL is not a market square discussion...

I have discovered I am wasting my time talking with you. If e pain you, go hug transformer.

TheBanker23:


I have discovered I am wasting my time talking with you. If e pain you, go hug transformer.

I have realized that when you first posted the news about Port harcourt man, nobody took it seriously hence the force repetition which is also stale and dumb

Monogamy:
So what should we do about it?

Swing it man

And a harlot gave Nigeria the name it bears till today, reason things aren't working out, let's split this damn country jor

TheBanker23:


Swing it man

You see, you have to quote a comment you have quoted before... Just to make your thread gain some cheap viewing...

Choi, swallowing news cos of hatred not a good thing most especially for someone's health

No wonder sex is soo soo common and easy in that town.

Victoria island, Port Harcourt,. , Douglas Road/House.... Nigeria ..
All these useless names given by colonialists should have been discarded by now! It's so emberassing to be known and identified by ugly names given by murderous imperialists who killed the local people living in these areas when they arrived..

Sad end to a life. I pray nobody dies with this or any type of scandal soiling their name.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Harcourt,_1st_Viscount_Harcourt

clarocuzioo:
No wonder sex is soo soo common and easy in that town.

I tell ya! Too much sex freaks and an alarming ratio of Oloshoism there!

No wonder their inhabitants don rotten finish.

TheBanker23:


Yes I am, if this might help you chill a bit, take a bath and go to church, instead of masturbating over this thread.

You wish!

Noted

TheBanker23:
Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State derived its name from a British rapist and paedophile, Lord Lewis Vernon Harcourt.

Although, this was disclosed by controversial former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, who asked for the change of the name, search showed that he was right.

History records that Harcourt enjoyed to have sexual liaisons with both underage girls and boys.

Harcourt was born at Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, on 31 January 1863, the only surviving son of politician Sir William Vernon Harcourt and his first wife, Theresa Lister. He was originally christened with the name Reginald, in honour of his father’s university friend Reginald Cholmondeley, but when George Cornewall Lewis died just over two months after, he was rechristened Lewis.



According to Wikipedia, Harcourt never knew his mother, who died only a day after giving birth to him. His elder brother, Julian Harcourt, died the previous year. He was educated at Eton.

Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State in southern Nigeria, is named after him. When the port was established in 1912, there was much controversy about the name it should receive. In August 1913, the Governor-General of Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard wrote to Harcourt, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, that “in the absence of any convenient local name, I would respectfully ask your permission to call this Port Harcourt”.

The Secretary of State replied, “It gives me pleasure to accede to your suggestion that my name should be associated with the new Port”

Harcourt was known in London Society a sexual predator of the young of both genders. He attempted to sexually assault Dorothy Brett, the daughter of Viscount Esher, when she was about 15.

Dorothy Brett wrote of him that “It is so tiresome that Loulou is such an old roué. He is as bad with boys as with girls… he is simply a sex maniac. It isn’t that he is in love. It is just ungovernable sex desire for both sexes.”



In 1922, Harcourt committed suicide via potassium bromide, following an attempt to seduce Edward James, a young Etonian, who later became an important collector of surrealist and other contemporary art. James’s mother spread the story throughout Society. However, the accusations remained unknown by the wider public for fifty years.

Harcourt died in his sleep at his London townhouse at 69, Brook Street (now Savile Club) in the early hours of 24 February 1922, aged 59. An inquest was held as to the cause of death, which was ruled accidental; the underlying cause being given as heart failure and sudden oedema of the lungs brought on by a dose of Bromidia, which he had been prescribed as a sleep aid.

According to the coroner, who found extensive heart disease, the amount of Bromidia he had taken would not have caused death in a healthy person. According to his valet, there was only a very small amount of Bromidia left in the bottle the prior evening, which Harcourt did not take regularly.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/10/06/revealed-port-harcourt-named-after-a-rapist/

So the port couldn't be named after a sane and normal person...and all the while ,I loved the name 'Harcourt' but little did I know he was a pervert. Shame!

And that's true.

No wonder !!!

TheBanker23:


I still can't fathom why you seem so bothered that port-harcout was named after a paedophile and serial rapist. Are you one?
If we do not know our history, how are we armed to affect our present and future Positively.

It is people like you that stand in aversion to any positive development. Spitts

Empty brains in Nigeria

Somebody offered information to you, a bright mind would research and come back here to either debunk or shed light. Instead the fish brain is busy brandishing foolishness. No wonder why no Nigerian university made it to top 1000, see the ediots they are producing!

I don't know what to say