Sir Charles Vernon (c. 1683–1762), of Farnham, Surrey, was a British merchant and Tory politician who sat in the

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between 1731 and 1761. Vernon was the third son of Sir Thomas Vernon, MP who was a London merchant and director of the

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and his wife Anne. He became a merchant trading with Turkey. Before 1717, he married Anne Catherine Vernon, daughter of George Vernon of Farnham. He was knighted on 27 October 1717. Vernon, was returned unopposed as

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for

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on the interest of his nephew,

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at a by election on 27 January 1731. His brother, Thomas Vernon was a Tory and presumably Vernon was Tory too, voting consistently against the Administration. At the

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Waller stood for Wycombe and Marlow, and chose Marlow leaving an opening for Vernon to come in again at Wycombe at a by election on 17 February 1735. In Parliament, Vernon withdrew on the motion for the dismissal of Walpole in February 1741. At the

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, both seats at Wycombe were taken by the Wallers and Vernon did not stand. At the

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, Vernon was returned at

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on the interest of his son-in-law, William Aislabie, and was classed as ‘Opposition’. Vernon was returned for Ripon again at the

1754 British general election The 1754 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Owing to the exten ...

. He did not stand in

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. Vernon died on 4 April 1762, aged 78 leaving four sons and two daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vernon, Charles 1680s births 1762 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761