George Vernon (c. 1508 – 31 August 1565) was and a prosperous and hospitable landowner and MP in

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, who came from a long line of wealthy landowners. He was the son of Richard Vernon (d. 1517) and

Margaret Dymoke Margaret Dymoke (born ''circa'' 1500) was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII of England. Her married names were Vernon, Coffin and Manners. She was born around 1500 in Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, the daughter of Sir Robert Dymoke of Scriv ...

. His family seat was at

Haddon Hall Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Dukes of Rutland. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of the incumbent Duke) and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it ...

, England's best preserved medieval manor house and today a major tourist attraction. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

in 1542. Vernon had two daughters, Margaret (born c. 1540) and

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(c. 1545 – 1584) by a first wife, Margaret, the daughter of Sir Gilbert Talbois. His second wife was Maude, the daughter of Sir Ralph Longford, whom he married in the 1550s. In 1558, Margaret married Sir Thomas Stanley, a son of the 3rd Earl of Derby. Dorothy fell in love with John Manners (c. 1534 – 4 June 1611), the second son of

Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, 12th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG (c. 1497{{snd20 September 1543), of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire (adjacent to the small county of Rutland), was created Earl of Rutland by King Henry VIII in 1525. Ori ...

. Dorothy and John Manners were married in 1563; there is evidence that Manners's brother-in-law, George Talbot, encouraged the match. Nevertheless, a legend grew up in the 19th century concerning a supposed elopement between Dorothy and John, and this legend has become the source of many novels, dramatisations and other fictional works.Trutt, p. 7 If indeed the elopement happened, the couple were soon reconciled with Sir George Vernon, as they inherited Haddon Hall and half of the estate on his death two years later, and John was Sir George's executor. Vernon died in 1565. He was buried in the parish church of Bakewell. Haddon Hall remains in the Manners family to the present day."Haddon Hall – the Estate"
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