Vernon, Alfred Samuel Edward Russell Stone Vernon, Mark Henry founders of the Royal Agricultural Society. Married (i) June 30, 1835, Eliza, dau. of Admiral Sir George Johnstone Hope (one of Nelson's Captains at Trafalgar), and had issue; (2) June 23, 1858, Frances Parthenope, eldest dau. of William Edward Nightingale, and sister of Florence Nightin- gale. Died Feb. 12, 1894. (Harrow Sck. Reg.; Burke, P. and B.; Return of M.P.s.; D.N.B.) VERNON, ALFRED SAMUEL EDWARD RUSSELL STONE. Matric. Non-Coil, from Ayerst H., Michs. 1885. VERNON, The Hon. AUGUSTUS HENRY. Adm. Fell. -Com. (age 18) at Magdalene, Sept. 29, 1847. Eldest s. of George John (Warren) [5th Baron] (Christ Church, Oxford, 1822) (by his ist wife, Isabella Caroline, dau. of Cuthbert Ellison, M.P., of Hebbum, Durham). [B. Feb. i, 1829, in Rome.] School, Eton. Doubtful if resided. Ensign, Scots Guards, 1848; Lieut., 1850; sold out, 1851. Succeeded his father as 6th Baron Vernon, May 31, 1866. Of Sudbury, Derbs. President, Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1871. Member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture, 1879-82. Established at Sudbury a butter-factory, one of the first in England, 1881. Married, June 7, 1851, Lady Harriet Anson, 3rd dau. of the ist Earl of Lichfield, and had issue. Completed an edition of Dante's Inferno begun by his father. Died May I, 1883, in London; buried in Sudbury churchyard. {Boase, iii. 1090; D.N.B.; Burke, P. and B.) VERNON, CHARLES (1811), see JENKIN. VERNON, COURTENAY JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity, June 24, 1847. [3rd] s. of the Rt Hon. R[obert] (formerly Smith, and later, ist Baron Lyveden, Christ Church, Oxford, 1819), of Fanning Woods, Northants. (and Emma Mary Fitzpatrick). [B. July 27, 1828.] Matric. Michs. 1847; B.A. 185 1. Ord. deacon (Carlisle) 1853; priest, 1854; C. of All- hallows, near Wigton, Cumberland, 1853-4. R. of Grafton Underwood, Northants., 1854-92. Married, Mar. 25, 1856, Alice Gertrude, 2nd dau. of the Rev. Maurice Fitzgerald Stephens Townshend, of Castle Townshend, Co. Cork. Died July 17, 1892. Father of Sydney C. F. (1880); brother of Gowran C. V. (1843, sub Smith). [Crockford; Northants. Clergy; Burke, P. and B. (sub Lyveden); Clergy List.) VERNON (post HARCOURT), The Hon. EDWARD VENABLES. M.A. from Trinity, 1783. [3rd s. of George, ist Lord Vernon (by his 3rd wife, Martha, 3rd dau. of the Hon. Simon Har- court). B. Oct. 10, 1757, at Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire. School, Westminster.] Matric. from Christ Church, Oxford, July 2, 1774; Fellow of All Souls, 1777; B.C.L. (Oxford) 1780; D.C.L. (Oxford) 1786. Ord. priest, 1781. R. of Sudbury, Derbs., 1782-1803. Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1785- 1808. Preb. of Gloucester, 1785-91. Bishop of Carlisle, 179 1- 1807. Archbishop of York, 1807-47. P.C, 1808. Lord High Almoner to King George III and later to Queen Victoria. Member of the Queen's Council in charge of George III. Took the name of Harcourt, 1831, on inheriting the estates of that family. Declined the renewal of the Harcourt peerage, 1838. Member of the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1835. Married, Feb. 5, 1784, Anne Leveson-Gower, 3rd dau. of Granville, ist Marquess of Stafford, and had 16 children. Author, Sermons. Died Nov. 5, 1847, at the Palace, Bishopsthorpe. Half-brother of George V. (1753); father of Leveson V. (1854, sub Harcourt) and William V. V. (1833, sub Harcourt). (Northants. Clergy; Record of Old Westminsters; Al. Oxon.; Cox, Churches of Derbs.; D.N.B.) VERNON, GEORGE. Adm.pens. (age 16) at Trinity, Nov. 7, 1775. [2nd] s. of George (1740) [of Clontarf Castle, Co. Dublin] (and Elizabeth Hughes). School, Ballygall, Co. Dublin. Matric. Michs. 1775; Scholar, 1778. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May i, 1784. Died unmarried, May 10, 1802. Brotherof John (1773). {Inns of Court; Burke, L.G. of Ireland.) VERNON, GEORGE VENABLES. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Trinity Hall, Jan. 12, 1753. [Eldest s. of George, ist Baron Vernon (by his ist wife, the Hon. Mary, dau. of Thomas, 6th Baron Howard of Effingham). B. May 9, 1735. School, West- minster.] Matric. Easter, 1755; M.A. 1755. M.P. forWeobley, 1757-61; for Bramber, 1762-8; for Glamorgans., 1768-80. Succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Vernon, Aug. 21, 1780. Married (i) July 16, 1757, the Hon. Louisa Barbarina (died, s.p., 1776), dau. of Bussey, 4th Baron Mansel; (2) May 25, 1786, Georgiana, dau. of William Fauquier, and had issue, one daughter. Died June 18, 1813. Half-brother of Edward V. (1783). (Record of Old Westminsters; Burke, P. and B.) VERNON, GOWRAN CHARLES (1843), see SMITH. VERNON, HENRY. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 27, 1849. [Eldest s. of Henry Charles, of Hilton Park, Stafford (and Catherine, 2nd dau. of Richard Rice-Williams, of Hendre- denny, Glam.). B. Dec. 16, 1828.] School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1849; B.A. 1853. Cricket 'blue,' 1850-2. Died Feb. 19, 1855, at Tixover Hall, Rutland. Brother of William G. (i860). (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Boase, vi. 742; Burke, L.G.; G. Mag., 1855, I. 444.) VERNON, HENRY DOUGLAS. Adm. at Clare, Oct. 9, 1875. Matric. Michs. 1875. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Downing, Jan. 14, 1876. Of Drumlanford House, Newton Stewart, Wigtown- shire. VERNON, HENRY RICHARD COOPER. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 1884. [4th and youngest s. of [Sir] William [ist Bart.], of Shotwick Park, Cheshire (and Jane Margaret, dau. of Thomas Cooper, of Fulford, Staffs.). B. Oct. 12, 1865. School, Denstone.] Matric. Michs. 1884; B.A. 1887; M.A. 1891. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1888 ; priest, 1889; C. of St Luke'r Leicester, 1888-90. C. of Finedon, Northants., 1890-2. C. of Stockton Heath, Cheshire, 1893-5. C. of St Marylebone, London, 1895-8. C. of St Michael's, Northampton, 1898- 1900. C. of Ormskirk, Lanes., 1900-2. Head Master of Clive House School, Southport, 1904-9; House Master at Exeter School, 1909-12. C.-in-charge of Mortehoe, Devon, 1912-13. V. of Rothersthorpe, Northants., 1913-19. Married, July 20, 1893, Jessie Georgina, youngest dau. of the Rev. George Woodfield Paul, V. of Finedon, Northants., and had issue. Latterly of 12, Granville Road, Eastbourne, where he died Sept. 8, 1935. (Denstone Reg.; Crockford; Burke, P. and B.; The Times, Sept. 9, 1935.) VERNON, HENRY WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Mar. I, 1853. Of Sussex. [S. of the Rev. Mark Henry (1812). B. May 27, 1834. School, Marlborough CoUege.] Matric. Michs. 1853; B.A. 1857. Adm. solicitor, 1865. An Official Referee, Royal Courts of Justice. Died Sept. 2, 1904, at St Leonard's- on-Sea. (Marlborough Coll. Reg.) VERNON, JAMES [RICHARD]. Adm. pens, at Queens', Nov. 19, 1816; a 'Ten-year man.' Of Middlesex. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Nov. 16, 1817; priest, Nov. 29, 1818, as James Richard. VERNON, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 15) at Trinity, June 5, 1773- [Eldest] s. of George ( 1 740), of Clontarf, Co. Dublin (and Eliza- beth Hughes). School, BaUygall, Co. Dublin. Matric. Michs. 1773. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Aug. 2, 1774- Called to the Bar, 1778. Succeeded his father at Clontarf Castle, 1787. Married, 1780, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Fletcher, of Newtown Park, Co. Dublin, and had issue. Brother of George (i775)- (Inns of Court; Burke, L.G. of Ireland.) VERNON, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, Nov. 3, 1790- Of Lanes. School, Macclesfield. Matric. Lent, 1791; Scholar; B.A. 1795. (T. A. Walker, 361.) VERNON, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, June 29, 1821. [5th] s. of Thomas [Shrawley], Esq., of Astley, near Stourport, Worcs. [B. Aug. 30, 1802.] School, Worcester (Mr Holden). Matric. Michs. 1821; B.A. 1826. Ord. deacon (Worcester); priest (Worcester). R. of Shrawley, Worcs., 1827-62. A I. Oxon. suggests that a contemporary Oxonian namesake may have held Shrawley. Married, Oct. 6, 1853, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Morris, and widow of Thomas Harris. Died Dec. 6, 1875. Brother of William (1813). (Crockford; Burke, P. and B.) VERNON, JOHN FANE. Adm. pens, at Christ's, May 13, i868. [Eldest] s. of John Edward, gent., of Erne Hill, Co. Cavan (by his ist wife, Harriet, youngest dau. of the Rt. Rev. John Leslie, D.D., Bishop of Kilmore). B. [July 5, 1849], at Bingfield, Co. Cavan. School, Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1868; Scholar; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1875- Adm.' at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 17, 1871. Called to the Irish Bar, 1874. J. P. and D.L. for Co. Cavan; High Sheriff, 1890. J. P. for Co. Dublin. A Land Commissioner for Ireland, 1881-7. Of Erne Hill, Co. Cavan. Married, May 11, 1882, Thomasina Georgiana, dau. of the Rev. Henry Joy Tombe, Canon of Christ Church, Dublin, and had issue. Died Feb. 10, 1923, in Wilton Place, Dublin. (Marlborough Coll. Reg. ; Burke, L.G. of Ireland; Peile, 11. 605; Inns of Court.) VERNON, JOHN JOSEPH. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, Oct. 17, 1848. S. of William. B. at Grindleton, Yorks. Matric. Michs. 1848; Scholar. Died Dec. 29, 1850, aged 22. M.I. in Christ Church, Cambridge. (G. Mag., 1851, i. 328.) VERNON, MARK HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Trinity, July I, 1812. S. of Henry. B. at Aston, Worcs. School, Loughborough House, Kennington, London. Matric. Michs. 1813; B.A. 1817; M.A. 1822. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 23, 1821; priest, June 2, 1822. R. of St Martin's, Colchester, 1825-36. V. of Leominster (or Lyminster), Sussex, 1833-6. V. of Westfield, Sussex, 1836-81. Married, 1833, Mary Martha, dau. of Sir WUliam Home, of Epping House, Little Berkhamsted. Died May 6, 1881, aged 84. Father of Henry W. (1853). (Foster, Index Eccles.; Crockford; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; The Guardian, May 11, 1881.) 286