Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth (14 December 1862 – 12 November 1951) was a British

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officer,

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politician and first-class

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er. The eldest son of Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Wentworth of Wentworth Castle near

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and Dall House,

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and his wife Lady Harriet Augusta Canning de Burgh, daughter of the

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and grand daughter of former

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George Canning George Canning (11 April 17708 August 1827) was a British Tory statesman. He held various senior cabinet positions under numerous prime ministers, including two important terms as Foreign Secretary, finally becoming Prime Minister of the Unit ...

. Educated at Harrow and the

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, he received a commission into the

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, rising to the rank of captain. A keen

er, he played

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for the

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on three occasions between 1897 and 1900, scoring 133 runs at an

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of 26.60 and with a high score of 36. A member of the Conservative Party, he unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituency of

on three occasions. He entered the Commons at an unopposed by-election in 1893, when he was elected to represent

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. He held the seat until the

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. He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire for the year 1908-09. Vernon-Wentworth was a director of the London and Yorkshire Bank and of the Yorkshire local board of the National Provincial Bank Limited. He sold Wentworth Castle to Barnsley Corporation in 1948, and died unmarried in 1951, aged 88.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vernon-Wentworth, Bruce 1862 births 1951 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 People educated at Harrow School Grenadier Guards officers People from the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Military personnel from Yorkshire Scottish cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers High Sheriffs of Yorkshire Cricketers from Yorkshire