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 Party politician.
He served for ten years as a Member of Parliament (MP), before becoming a peer with a seat in the House of Lords.
In 1881 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Derwent, of Hackness in the North Riding of the County of York.
[2][1] As a young man he served as a lieutenant in the 2nd Life Guards, and on 22 January 1863 he was commissioned as major in the 1st Administrative Brigade of Yorkshire (East Riding) Artillery Volunteers.
Lord Derwent survived her by fifteen years and died in March 1916, aged 87.