George William Henry Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon PC (25 February 1854 – 15 December 1898), styled The Honourable George Venables-Vernon from 1866 to 1883, was a British Liberal politician. He served as

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under

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from 1892 to 1894.

Early life

Vernon was born on 25 February 1854. He was the eldest surviving son of Augustus Henry Venables-Vernon, 6th Baron Vernon, and his wife Lady Harriet Frances Maria Anson (1827–1898). Among her siblings were Hon. Mildred Venables-Vernon (who married Hon. Henry Augustus Stanhope, a son of the 5th Earl Stanhope).Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3999. His paternal grandparents were George Warren, 5th Baron Vernon and Isabella Caroline Ellison (a daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, MP for

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). His maternal grandparents were

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, and the former Louisa Catherine Philips (a daughter of Nathaniel Philips).

Career

He succeeded his father in the barony in 1883, when he inherited around of land in

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and

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.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

Political career

Vernon sat on the Liberal benches in the

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and served in the last Liberal administration of

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from 1892 to 1894. In 1892 he was sworn of the

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Personal life

Frances Margaret Lawrance, Lady Vernon (d 1940)

On 14 July 1885, Lord Vernon married Frances Margaret Lawrance at St George's, Hanover Square in London. France was a daughter of Francis C. Lawrance, of

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. Together, they were the parents of: * Hon. Frances Lawrance Venables-Vernon (b. 1886), who married Maurice Raoul-Duval of the Château de Marolles in 1910. After he was killed in action in 1916, she married Lt. Jean de Kermaignant in 1918. * George Francis Augustus Venables-Vernon, 8th Baron Vernon (1888–1915), who died, unmarried, from illness contracted while on service in

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. * Francis Lawrance William Venables-Vernon, 9th Baron Vernon (1889–1963), who married Violet Miriam Nightingale Clay, daughter of Col. Charles Herbert Clay and Violet Harriet Nightingale (a daughter of Sir Henry Nightingale, 13th Baronet), in 1915. He died in December 1898, aged 44, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, George. His widow, Lady Vernon, died on 23 June 1940.

References

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