Harry Vernon | |
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Member of Parliament for East Worcestershire | |
In office 20 December 1861 – 25 November 1868 | |
Preceded by |
John Hodgetts-Foley Frederick Gough-Calthorpe |
Succeeded by |
Charles Lyttelton Richard Amphlett |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 April 1834 |
Died | 1 February 1920 | (aged 85)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Lady Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton
(
m. 1861) |
Children | Three, including Bowater George Hamilton Vernon |
Parent(s) | Thomas Taylor Vernon Jessie Anna Letitia Foley |
Residence(s) | Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire |
Sir Harry Foley Vernon, 1st Baronet (11 April 1834 – 1 February 1920) [1] [2] was a British Liberal Party politician. [3]
Born in 1834, Vernon was the son of Thomas Taylor and Jessie Anna Letitia (née Foley) Vernon. [3]
Vernon was elected Liberal MP for East Worcestershire at a by-election in 1861—caused by the death of John Hodgetts-Foley—and held the seat until 1868 when he did not seek re-election. [4]
Vernon was created a Baronet of Hanbury Hall in 1885, in recognition of the way he managed his estate during the Great Depression of British Agriculture. [5]
In 1861, he married Lady Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton, daughter of George and Georgina (née Markham) Baillie-Hamilton and they had at least three children: Auda Letitia (1862–1957); Bowater George Hamilton (1865–1940); and Herbert Edward (1867–1902). [3]
Upon his death in 1920, his son, Bowater George Hamilton Vernon, succeeded to the title, after which it became extinct. [2]