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. It was created in 1762 for the former Member of Parliament
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George Venables-Vernon
George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon
George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon was a British politician.Vernon was the son of Henry Vernon, of Sudbury, Derbyshire, and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary, sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton, Cheshire...
. He had previously represented Lichfield
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and Derby
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in the House of Commons
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. Born George Vernon, he was the son of Henry Vernon, of Sudbury
Sudbury, Derbyshire
Sudbury is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, located approximately to the south of Ashbourne. It is part of the Derbyshire Dales district. The £0.5m A50 bypass opened in 1972...
in Derbyshire
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, and Anne Pigott, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary Venables, sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton
Kinderton
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in Cheshire
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. In 1728 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Venables.
Lord Vernon was married three times. He married, thirdly, Martha Harcourt, granddaughter of the Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, PC was Queen Anne's Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. He was her solicitor-general and her commissioner for arranging the union with Scotland...
. Their second son was Edward Harcourt
Edward Harcourt
Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was an English clergyman who was Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807, and then Archbishop of York until his death....
, Archbishop of York
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. He succeeded to the Harcourt family estates on the death of his cousin the William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt
William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt
Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, GCB was a British nobleman and soldier. He was the younger son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt.-Seven Years War:...
, and assumed by Royal license the surname of Harcourt. Edward Harcourt was the father of William Vernon Harcourt
William Vernon Harcourt (scientist)
William Vernon Harcourt was founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.-Family:He was born at Sudbury, Derbyshire, a younger son of Edward Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York and his wife Lady Anne Leveson-Gower, who was a daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of...
, the grandfather of Sir William Vernon Harcourt
William Vernon Harcourt (politician)
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of...
and the great-grandfather of the Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt (see the Viscount Harcourt
Viscount Harcourt
The title Viscount Harcourt has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in Great Britain in 1711 for Simon Harcourt, Lord Chancellor. The third viscount was created Earl Harcourt in 1749.The ancient family of...
for more information on this branch of the family).
Lord Vernon was succeeded by his son from his first marriage to the Hon. Mary Howard, the second Baron. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Weobly, Bramber
Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Glamorganshire
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. On his death the title passed to his half-brother, the third Baron. He was the eldest son of the first Baron's third marriage. His son the fourth Baron married Frances Maria Warren, daughter of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet
John Borlase Warren
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. His son, the fifth Baron, represented Derbyshire
Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Derbyshire South in the House of Commons. He assumed in 1837 by sign manual the surname of Warren only for himself and subsequent issue.
His grandson, the seventh Baron, served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
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(Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) in the last Liberal administration
Liberal Government 1892-1895
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of William Ewart Gladstone
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. On the death in 2000 of his grandson, the tenth Baron, this line of the family failed. The late Baron was succeeded by his distant relative (his fifth cousin once removed), the eleventh and present holder of the title. He is the great-great-grandson of Admiral Frederick Edward Vernon-Harcourt, fourth son of the aforementioned Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, third son of the first Baron.
The ancestral family seat of the Barons Vernon is Sudbury Hall, near Uttoxeter, Derbyshire, which was given to the National Trust in 1967 by the late 10th Baron Vernon.
Lord Vernon and his family until recently occupied a part of Sudbury Hall as their private home.
The family of the late 10th Baron still keeps a residence in the grounds of the Sudbury Hall estate.
For other branches of the family see Vernon family
Vernon family
The Vernon family was a wealthy, prolific and widespread English family with 11th century origins in Vernon, France.-Vernon of Shipbrook, Cheshire:...
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Barons Vernon (1762)
- George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron VernonGeorge Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron VernonGeorge Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon was a British politician.Vernon was the son of Henry Vernon, of Sudbury, Derbyshire, and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary, sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton, Cheshire...
(1707–1780) - George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron VernonGeorge Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron VernonGeorge Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon was the Second Lord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton. He acceded to the title in 1780 after the death of his father George Venables-Vernon, first Baron of Kinderton....
(1735–1813) - Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (1747–1829)
- George Charles Venables-Vernon, 4th Baron Vernon (1779–1835)
- George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron VernonGeorge Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron VernonGeorge John Warren Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon was the only son of George Charles Venables-Vernon, 4th Baron Vernon of Sudbury, Derbyshire, and Frances Maria, only daughter of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren. He was one of the last Members of Pariament for Derbyshire and the first for South Derbyshire...
(1803–1866) - Augustus Henry Venables-Vernon, 6th Baron Vernon (1829–1883)
- George William Henry Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon (1854–1898)
- George Francis Augustus Venables-Vernon, 8th Baron Vernon (1888–1915)
- Francis Lawrance William Venables-Vernon, 9th Baron Vernon (1889–1963)
- John Lawrence Venables-Vernon, 10th Baron Vernon (1923–2000)
- Anthony William Vernon-Harcourt, 11th Baron Vernon (b. 1939)