Earl Verney, in the Province of

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, was a title in the

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. Sir Ralph Verney sat as a member of parliament for

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, for

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and for

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. In 1661 he was created a Baronet, of Middle Claydon in the County of Buckingham, in the

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. His son Sir John Verney, Bt, was a member of parliament for

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and for

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. In 1703, he was raised to the

as Baron Verney of Belturbet, in the County of Cavan, and Viscount Fermanagh. His son, the second Viscount, represented

and

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in Parliament. In 1742 he was created Earl Verney, in the Province of Leinster, in the

. However, all titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1791. The Fermanagh title was revived in 1792 for Mary Verney, who was created Baroness Fermanagh in the

. She was the posthumous daughter of Hon. John Verney, second son of the first Earl Verney. However, Lady Fermanagh never married and on her death this title became extinct as well. The original seat of Earl Verney was

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near the villages of Botolph Claydon, Middle Claydon (hence the title), Steeple Claydon and East Claydon.

Verney Baronets, of Middle Claydon (1661)

* Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Baronet (1613–1696) * Sir John Verney, 2nd Baronet (1640–1717) (created Viscount Fermanagh in 1703)

Viscounts Fermanagh (1703)

John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh (5 November 1640 – 23 June 1717), known as Sir John Verney, 2nd Baronet, between 1696 and 1703, was an English peer, merchant and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1717. Early life ...

(1640–1717) * Ralph Verney, 2nd Viscount Fermanagh (1683–1752) (created Earl Verney in 1742)

Earls Verney (1742)

Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney (18 March 1683 – 4 October 1752), of Middle Claydon, near Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, known as The Viscount Fermanagh until 1742, was initially a Tory and later a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in ...

(1683–1752) *

Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney PC, FRS (1 February 1714 – 31 March 1791), was a member of the Verney family of Middle Claydon and a British politician. From 1737 until 1752, when he succeeded to the earldom, he was styled Lord Fermanagh. ...

(1714–1791)

Baronesses Fermanagh (1792)

*Mary Verney, 1st Baroness Fermanagh (1737–1810)

References

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Earl Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

Noble titles created in 1742

Verney Baronets, of Middle Claydon (1661)

Viscounts Fermanagh (1703)

Earls Verney (1742)

Baronesses Fermanagh (1792)

See also

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