Baron Vernon, of Kinderton in the County of Chester, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1762 for the former Member of Parliament George Venables-Vernon. He had previously represented

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and

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in the

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. Born George Vernon, he was the son of Henry Vernon (see

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), of

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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

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. In 1728, he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Venables upon inheriting the Venables estate in Cheshire from his childless cousin Anne, widow of the 2nd Earl of Abingdon. Lord Vernon was married three times. He married, thirdly, Martha Harcourt, granddaughter of

Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, PC (December 1661 – 29 July 1727) of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1690 until 1710. He was raised to the peerage ...

. As a prominent son and forefather of the present title-holder, their second son was Edward Harcourt,

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who succeeded to the Harcourt family estates on the death of his cousin the

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and so assumed by Royal Licence the surname of Harcourt, with his children known as Vernon-Harcourt. Edward was George's third son. Lord Vernon was succeeded by his son from his first marriage to the Hon. Mary Howard and the second Lord Vernon, as Hon. George Venables-Vernon before his accession sat as a Member of Parliament for Weobly,

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and

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in turn and was appointed as a senior

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whip in the House of Lords. His half-brother succeeded, the third Baron, the eldest son of Martha Harcourt. His son, the fourth Baron, married Frances Maria Warren, daughter of Admiral

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. His son, the fifth Baron, represented

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, but this appears to have been repudiated by his son. His grandson, the seventh Baron, served as

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(Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) in the last Liberal administration of

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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 Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York. The ancestral family seat of the Barons Vernon is

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, near

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, Derbyshire, which was given to the

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in 1967 in lieu of death duties after the death of the 9th Baron Vernon. The family of the late 10th Baron still keeps a residence in the grounds of the Sudbury Hall estate. None of the Lords Vernon are among the excepted hereditary peers and none have achieved any votes in by-elections. For other branches of the family, see

Barons Vernon (1762)

George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon (9 February 1709 – 21 August 1780), was a British politician. Early life Vernon was born on 9 February 1709. He was the eldest, and only surviving, son of Henry Vernon, of Sudbury, Derbyshire, MP for S ...

(1707–1780) *

George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (9 May 1735 – 18 June 1813), was the 2nd Baron Vernon of Kinderton. He acceded to the title in 1780 after the death of his father George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, George Venables-Vernon, first B ...

(1735–1813) *

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(1747–1829) * George Charles Venables-Vernon, 4th Baron Vernon (1779–1835) * George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon (1803–1866) * Augustus Henry Venables-Vernon, 6th Baron Vernon (1829– 1 May 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 Lawrance Venables-Vernon, 10th Baron Vernon (1923–2000) * Anthony William Vernon-Harcourt, 11th Baron Vernon (b. 1939) The

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is the present holder's son, Hon. Simon Anthony Vernon-Harcourt (b. 1969).
The heir apparent's heir presumptive is his younger brother, Hon. Edward William Vernon-Harcourt (b. 1973)
The heir apparent's heir presumptive's heir is his son Freddie Vernon-Harcourt (b. 2007)

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