Sir Harry Lloyd Verney (23 January 1872 – 28 February 1950) was a British

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who served in successive

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Early life

Verney was the second, but eldest surviving, son and heir of Col. George Hope Lloyd (who assumed the additional surname of Lloyd in 1888) of The Cedars,

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and Harriet Julia Morforwyn Hinde. His father wrote the booklet ''Four-Handed Chess'' which was published in 1881. His father was the third son of Maj. Rt.-Hon.

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(who married twice, first to Eliza Hope, daughter of Adm. Sir George Johnstone Hope, and secondly Frances Parthenope Nightingale, daughter of William Edward Nightingale and sister of

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). Among his extended family were uncles Sir Edmund Hope Verney, 3rd Baronet, Frederick William Verney, a diplomat and politician who was the father of his first cousin, Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Baronet. His maternal grandfather was Maj.-Gen. Charles Thomas Edward Hinde. He was educated at

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Career

He held the office of

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and Deputy Master of the Household to

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between 1907 and 1910, and in 1909 was invested as a

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. Between 1911 and 1931 he was

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, and also served as

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to Queen Mary from 1919 to 1935. He was also Queen Mary's Treasurer from 1932 to 1935. Verney served as Extra Groom in Waiting to the

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between 1931 and 1936, when he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. He was an Extra Groom in Waiting to

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from 1937 to his death in 1950. He was also an Officer of the

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Personal life

He married Lady Joan Elizabeth Mary Cuffe (1877–1951), daughter of

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and Lady Margaret Joan Lascelles (a daughter of

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), on 6 June 1889. Lady Joan was a Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Mary. They shared an interest in embroidery. They lived at of The Clochfaen in

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and were the parents of four children, including Major-General

Gerald Lloyd-Verney Major-General Gerald Harry George Lloyd-Verney DSO & Bar MVO (10 July 1900 – 3 April 1957) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 7th Armoured Division ("The Desert Rats") during World War II. He changed his name by Deed poll ...

DSO MVO. And Joan who married Hon Gustavus Hamilton- Russell son Of 9th Viscount Boyne and Lt-Col Ulick Verney OBE who married in 1929 Esme Smith- Ryland. Verney died on 28 February 1950. His widow died 27 February 1951.

References

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