Sir Robert Vernon KB (1577–1625) was an English landowner, courtier and politician who sat in the

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from 1621 to 1622. Vernon was the son of John Vernon of

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and his wife Elizabeth Devereux, daughter of Sir Richard Devereux. He was the brother of Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton, and of Susan Vernon, second wife of Sir Walter Leveson, and a first cousin of

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. After his father’s death in 1591, he was made a ward of

, and was knighted by him in Ireland in 1599. He joined Essex’ abortive rebellion in February 1601, but suffered no more than a few weeks’ imprisonment in the Gatehouse and a fine of £100. He was appointed comptroller of the household to Queen Elizabeth and was made Knight of the Bath by her.John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for

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. Vernon died at the age of about 48. He had married Mary Needham, daughter of Sir Robert Needham of Shavington. Their son

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was created a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vernon, Robert 1577 births 1625 deaths English MPs 1621–1622 Knights of the Bath