George Vernon (c. 1508 – 31 August 1565) was and a prosperous and hospitable landowner and MP in
Derbyshire, 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, England's best preserved medieval manor house and today a major tourist attraction. He was a
Member (MP) of the
Parliament of England for
Derbyshire in 1542.
Vernon had two daughters, Margaret (born c. 1540) and
Dorothy
Dorothy may refer to:
*Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name.
Arts and entertainment
Characters
*Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum
* Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character playe ...
(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. 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"
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 6 September 2011
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1503 births
1565 deaths
English MPs 1542–1544