Richard Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke
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Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke (born 29 March 1869 (London), died 16 December 1923) was a British
peer
and conservative politician.
He was the son of Colonel Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke
and Geraldine Smith-Barry and educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He married Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury, daughter of Charles Addington Hanbury, on 2 July 1895. They had one son, John Henry Peyto Verney
, who succeeded him as 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke.
The historian George Dangerfield
described him as "a genial and sporting young peer, whose face bore a pleasing resemblance to the horse...He had quite a gift for writing, thought clearly, and was not more than two hundred years behind his time". He wrote a book on foxhunting called "Hunting the Fox" , published in 1921.
He represented Rugby, Warwickshire as an MP from 1895-1900.
In 1921 he sold the family seat, Compton Verney House
, to Joseph Watson(d.1922), a soap manufacturer from Leeds, who was elevated to the peerage in 1922 as 1st Baron Manton of Compton Verney
. He retained an estate cottage in Kineton called Fox Cottage, which became his country residence. On his death on December 16, 1923 his title passed to his son John Henry Peyto Verney
.
United Kingdom
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peer
Peerage
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and conservative politician.
He was the son of Colonel Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke
Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke
Colonel Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 26th Baron Latimer was a British peer.Henry Verney was born at Kineton, Warwickshire on 14 May 1844, the only son of Robert John Verney, 17th Baron Willoughby de Broke , and Georgina Jane Taylor...
and Geraldine Smith-Barry and educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He married Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury, daughter of Charles Addington Hanbury, on 2 July 1895. They had one son, John Henry Peyto Verney
John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke
John Henry Peyto Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke, MC, AFC was the son of Richard Greville Verney and Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst...
, who succeeded him as 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke.
The historian George Dangerfield
George Dangerfield
George Dangerfield was a journalist, historian, and the literary editor of Vanity Fair from 1933 to 1935...
described him as "a genial and sporting young peer, whose face bore a pleasing resemblance to the horse...He had quite a gift for writing, thought clearly, and was not more than two hundred years behind his time". He wrote a book on foxhunting called "Hunting the Fox" , published in 1921.
He represented Rugby, Warwickshire as an MP from 1895-1900.
In 1921 he sold the family seat, Compton Verney House
Compton Verney House
Compton Verney House is an 18th century country mansion at Compton Verney near Kineton in Warwickshire which has been converted into the Compton Verney Art Gallery....
, to Joseph Watson(d.1922), a soap manufacturer from Leeds, who was elevated to the peerage in 1922 as 1st Baron Manton of Compton Verney
Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton
Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton was a prominent English industrialist and philanthropist.Watson was the only son of George Watson, soap manufacturer, of Donisthorpe House near Moor Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire...
. He retained an estate cottage in Kineton called Fox Cottage, which became his country residence. On his death on December 16, 1923 his title passed to his son John Henry Peyto Verney
John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke
John Henry Peyto Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke, MC, AFC was the son of Richard Greville Verney and Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst...
.
Publications
- Lord Willoughby de Broke, 'The Tory Tradition', National ReviewNational Review (London)The National Review was founded in 1883 by the English writers Alfred Austin and William Courthope.It was launched as a platform for the views of the British Conservative Party, its masthead incorporating a quotation of the former Conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli:Under editor Leopold...
(October, 1911), pp. 201–13. - Lord Willoughby de Broke, The Passing Years (London: Constable, 1924).
- Richard Greville Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke. "Hunting the Fox" (Houghton Mifflin Co, 1921)
Further reading
- Gregory D. Phillips, 'Lord Willoughby de Broke and the Politics of Radical Toryism, 1909-1914', The Journal of British Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Autumn, 1980), pp. 205–224.
- Thomas C. Kennedy, 'Tory radicalism and the home rule crisis, 1910-1914: The case of Lord Willoughby de Broke', Canadian Journal of History, Apr. 2002.http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3686/is_200204/ai_n9027184
- R. Bearman, 'Compton Verney: A History of the House and its Owners' (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, 2000, pp. 157–74)