The Lord Vernon | |
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![]() Photograph of George Venables-Vernon
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Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms | |
In office 25 August 1892 – 13 March 1894 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | The Earl of Yarborough |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Chesterfield |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 February 1854 |
Died | 15 December 1898 | (aged 44)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
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 Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms under William Gladstone from 1892 to 1894.
Vernon was born on 25 February 1854. [2] 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). [3]
His paternal grandparents were George Warren, 5th Baron Vernon and Isabella Caroline Ellison (a daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne). His maternal grandparents were Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, and the former Louisa Catherine Philips (a daughter of Nathaniel Philips). [3]
He succeeded his father in the barony in 1883, when he inherited around 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land in Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire. [4] [5]
Vernon sat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords and served in the last Liberal administration of William Ewart Gladstone as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1892 [6] to 1894. [7] In 1892 he was sworn of the Privy Council. [8]
On 14 July 1885, Lord Vernon married Frances Margaret Lawrance at St George's, Hanover Square in London. [9] Frances was a daughter of Francis C. Lawrance, of New York City and sister to Francis C. Lawrance Jr. Together, they were the parents of: [3]
He died in December 1898, aged 44, [2] and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, George. His widow, Lady Vernon, died on 23 June 1940. [4] [13]