Vere may refer to:

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Charles Broke Vere Major-General Sir Charles Broke Vere (21 February 1779 – 1 April 1843), ''Given name#Name at birth, né'' Broke, was a British soldier and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. Li ...

(1779–1843), British soldier and Member of Parliament *

Charlotte Vere, Baroness Vere of Norbiton Charlotte Sarah Emily Vere, Baroness Vere of Norbiton (born 9 March 1969) is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords. She also served as a Parliamentary Secretary in HM Treasury and was executi ...

(born 1969), British politician *

Francis Vere Sir Francis Vere (1560/6128 August 1609) was a prominent England, English soldier serving under Queen Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I fighting mainly in the Low Countries during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War. ...

(1560–1609), English soldier *

Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565 – 2 May 1635) was an English army officer who served in the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty Years' War. A brother of Francis Vere, he was sent to the Electoral Palatinate by James VI and I in 1620. ...

(1565–1635), English military leader

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* Vere Benett-Stanford (1840–1894), MP for Shaftesbury *

Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland (13 February 1645 – 29 December 1693), styled The Honourable Vere Fane from 1644 to 1661 and Sir Vere Fane from 1661 to 1691, was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Peterborough and twice for Ke ...

(1645–1693), British peer and MP for Peterborough and for Kent * Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland (1678–1698), British peer and member of the House of Lords *

Vere Fane (MP) Vere Fane (5 January 1785 – 18 January 1863) was an English politician in the 19th century. He was Tories (British political party), Tory Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis (UK Parliament constituency ...

(fl. 1818), MP for Petersfield and

Lyme Regis Lyme Regis ( ) is a town in west Dorset, England, west of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border. It has noted fossils in cliffs and ...

* Vere Bonamy Fane (1863–1924), general in the British Indian Army * Vere Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland (1893–1948), British peer and equestrian * Vere Monckton-Arundell, Viscountess Galway (1859–1921), British poet and philanthropist *

Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere Admiral Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere (14 July 1699 – 21 October 1781), known as Lord Vere Beauclerk until 1750, was a Royal Navy officer, British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 24 years from 1726 to 1750. After s ...

(1699–1781), British peer and politician *

Vere Bird Sir Vere Cornwall Bird, Order of the National Hero (Antigua and Barbuda), KNH (9 December 1909 – 28 June 1999) was the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda#Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda, 1981-present, first Prime Minister of Antigua ...

(1910–1999), first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda *

Vere Gordon Childe Vere Gordon Childe (14 April 189219 October 1957) was an Australian archaeologist who specialised in the study of Prehistoric Europe, European prehistory. He spent most of his life in the United Kingdom, working as an academic for the Universi ...

(1892–1957), Australian archaeologist and philologist *

Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (27 April 1925 – 1 September 1998), known as Vere Harmsworth until 1978, was a British newspaper magnate. He controlled large media interests in the United Kingdom and United States. Earl ...

(1925–1998), founder of the ''Mail on Sunday'' *

Vere Johns Joseph Vere Everette Johns (28 November 1893 – 10 September 1966)

(1893–1966), impresario and radio personality *

Vere Lorrimer Vere Lorrimer (8 June 1920 – 1 October 1998) was a British television producer and director. His work as director included many BBC dramas including ''Compact'', '' Doomwatch'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', and ''Blake's 7''. He later moved on to ...

(died 1998), British television producer and director *

Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, (27 October 1880 – 10 March 1956), was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the List of Governors General of Canada#Governors ...

(1880–1956), British Conservative Party politician *

Vere St. Leger Goold Vere Thomas "St. Leger" Goold (2 October 1853 – 8 September 1909) was an Irish tennis player who competed for the 1879 Wimbledon All Comers' final. That year he became the first singles champion of the Irish Open (tennis), Irish Championships. ...

(1853–1909), Irish tennis champion * Wilbert Vere Awdry (1911–1997), creator of Thomas the Tank Engine *

William Vere Cruess William Vere Cruess (August 9, 1886 – March 13, 1968) was an American food scientist who pioneered the use of fruits to produce fruit-juice beverages, fruit-based concentrates and syrups. He was one of the first investigators in the United State ...

(1886–1968), American food scientist *

Arthur Vere Harvey, Baron Harvey of Prestbury Arthur Vere Harvey, Baron Harvey of Prestbury, (31 January 1906 – 5 April 1994) was a senior Royal Air Force officer and a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 26 years. Early life and Second World ...

(1906–1994), British politician *

Henry Vere Huntley Sir Henry Vere Huntley (1795 – 7 May 1864) was an English naval officer and colonial administrator. He was the eleventh Governor of Prince Edward Island. From 1840 to 1841, he was the Lieutenant Governor of The Gambia. From 1841 to 1847 ...

(1795–1864), English naval officer and colonial administrator *

William Vere Reeve King-Fane Colonel William Vere Reeve King-Fane (born Fane; 29 October 1868 – 5 November 1943) was an English local politician, magistrate and landowner, who served as vice-chairman of Kesteven County Council and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Family ...

(1868–1943), English landowner, soldier and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire

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Vere (footballer) Alejandro Asensio Crespillo (born 14 September 2000), commonly known as Vere, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left winger for Rayo Vallecano B. Club career An AD Torrejón CF youth graduate, Vere made his senior debut with the reserve t ...

(Alejandro Asensio Crespillo; born 2000), Spanish footballer *

Vere (river) The Vere ( ka, ვერე) is a river in eastern Georgia, originating in the eastern slopes of the Trialeti Range, near Mount Didgori, and flowing into the Mtkvari (Kura) as its right tributary in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The Vere riv ...

, in Georgia * , any one of several vessels named ''Vere'' *

Vere Island Fair Island, also called Vere Island, is a former community on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland. Together with other nearby communities it comprises an area called Bonavista North. These communities have a shared history in that t ...

, a former community of Newfoundland, Canada *

Vere language The Gwèri or Vere language Were also known as Kobo or Mom Jango, is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages. It is spoken across the northern Nigerian–Cameroonian border. Names Vere is a cultural and geographical cover term that may ...

Egwene al'Vere ''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, which began with ''The Eye of the World'' in 1990. Jordan wrote the first 11 novels of the series, and the prequel novel '' New Spring'' (2004), before hi ...

, a character of the ''Wheel of Time'' fantasy series by Robert Jordan *

Xaver Hohenleiter Franz Xaver Hohenleiter (also known as ''Schwarze Veri, Schwarzen-Veere, Schwarzer Vere, Schwarze Vere'' or in Swabian dialect as ''Schwaaz Vere, Schwarz Vere'' or ''Vere''; 1788 – 20 July 1819) was a notorious German criminal. As a leader of ...

, German brigand also known as Schwaaz Vere

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