Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 15th Baron Latimer (1586 – 12 May 1642) of

Compton Verney Compton Verney is a parish and historic manor in the county of Warwickshire, England. The population taken at the 2011 census was 119. The surviving manor house is the Georgian mansion Compton Verney House. Descent of the manor The first r ...

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, England, served twice as a

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for

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, in 1614 and 1621.

Origins

He was the son and heir of Sir

Richard Verney Sir Richard Verney (1563 – 7 August 1630) of Compton Verney in Warwickshire, England, was a landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1614. Origins He was the eldest son of George Verney (d. 1 ...

(1563–1630) of Compton Verney by his wife

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(d. 1631), (from 1628 ''

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'' 6th Baroness Willoughby de Broke) daughter of

Fulke Greville, 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke Sir Fulke Greville (1536 – 15 November 1606) of Beauchamp Court near Alcester in Warwickshire, was an English gentleman. Origins He was born in 1536, the son of Sir Fulke Greville (d. 10 November 1559) by his wife Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Bar ...

(1536–1606) of Beauchamp Court, Alcester, Warwickshire, and sister and heiress of Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1554–1628), known before 1621 as ''Sir Fulke Greville'' the

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, and

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Career

In 1614 he was elected a

for

and was re-elected in 1621. He inherited the titles

Baron Willoughby de Broke Baron Willoughby de Broke is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1491 for Sir Robert Willoughby, of the manor of Broke, part of Westbury, Wiltshire, who according to modern doctrine was ''de jure'' 9th Baron Latime ...

and

Baron Latimer The title Baron Latimer or Latymer has been created, by the definitions of modern peerage law, four times in the Peerage of England. Of these, one (of Snape) was restored from abeyance in 1913; one (of Braybrook) is forfeit; the other two (both ...

on the death of his mother in 1631. He was appointed

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for 1635.

Marriage and issue

On 13 May 1618, he married

Katherine Southwell Katherine Southwell (died 1657) was an English courtier. She was a daughter of Sir Robert Southwell and Elizabeth Howard, and a granddaughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham. She was a gentlewoman in the household of Anne of Denmark, w ...

, a daughter of Sir Richard Southwell (d. 1598) by his wife Elizabeth Howard, a daughter of

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, KG (1536 – 14 December 1624), known as Lord Howard of Effingham, was an English statesman and Lord High Admiral under Elizabeth I and James I. He was commander of the Eng ...

. By his wife he had issue including: *

Greville Verney, 8th Baron Willoughby de Broke Greville Verney, 8th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 16th Baron Latimer (c. 1620 – 9 December 1648) was a peer in the peerage of England. Greville Verney was born circa 1620, the elder son of Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de Br ...

(c. 1620–1648), eldest son and heir. *Elizabeth Verney, who married William Peyto, a son of

Edward Peyto Edward Peyto (1589-1643) was an English landowner. He was the son of William Peyto (d. 1619) and Elienora or Eleanor Aston (d. 1636), a daughter of Walter Aston of Tixall, and widow of Thomas Boulding. His estates were at Chesterton, Warwickshir ...

Death and succession

He died on 12 May 1642 when the title passed to his son

References

External links

Compton Verney House website
Greville Greville Verney 1586 births 1642 deaths High Sheriffs of Warwickshire English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 Sheriffs of Warwickshire 7 {{17thC-England-MP-stub