Henry Vernon (April 1686 – 25 February 1719), of Sudbury, Derbyshire, was an English landowner and politician.

Early life

Vernon was born in April 1686 as the only surviving son of

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(1635–1702), MP for

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, and his third wife, Catherine Vernon. His father had previously been married to Margaret Oneley (daughter and heiress of Edward Oneley) and Dorothy Shirley (daughter of

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, of

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). His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Vernon of Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire and Muriel Vernon (daughter of heiress of Sir George Vernon, Judge of

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). Eleven generations of Vernons lived at

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until his grandmother Muriel married her distant cousin, Sir Henry Vernon and their estates merged. His paternal uncle, Henry Vernon, was MP for

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from 1711 to 1715 and his son, Vernon's first cousin, Henry Vernon, was MP for

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and

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from 1761 to 1762 who was the father of

Henrietta Grosvenor Henrietta de Hochepied, Baroness de Hochepied (née Vernon; formerly Baroness Grosvenor) – 1828) was an English aristocrat, socialite, and courtesan. Early life She was one of four daughters born to Lady Henrietta ( née Wentworth) Vernon (t ...

. His maternal grandparents were Ann Weston (daughter of Henry Weston of Ockham, Surrey) and Sir Thomas Vernon, London merchant and MP for

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, Among his maternal uncles were Thomas Vernon, MP for Whitchurch, and Sir Charles Vernon, MP for

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and

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. His maternal aunt Judith was the wife of Dr. Stephen Waller of

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and John Aislabie,

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under George I, in 1713.

Career

Vernon succeeded to his father's estates in 1702. The Vernons of Sudbury acquired

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and

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in Staffordshire, by marriage, in 1557. Vernon's grandfather left Sudbury to his eldest son, George, Vernon's father, and Hilton to his second son, the grandfather of Henry Vernon of Hilton. He was returned as Member for

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from 1713 to 1715, and then returned as a

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in 1715 to

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, but unseated on petition.

Personal life

Vernon was married to Anne Pigott (1693–1714), daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott of Chetwynd by his wife Mary Venables (sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables of

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). Together, they were the parents of one son and one daughter, including: *

(1709–1780), MP for

and

who was created 1st

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in 1762; he married the Hon. Mary Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 6th Baron Howard of Effingham. After her death he married Ann Lee, daughter of

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, of Hartwell. After her death, he married Martha Harcourt, daughter of the Hon. Simon Harcourt (a younger son of

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) and sister to

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, in 1744. * Anna Catherine Vernon (1710–1757), who married her cousin, Richard Lockwood, son of Richard Lockwood and Matilda ( Vernon) Lockwood. After Anne's death in 1714, Vernon married Matilda Wright, a daughter of Thomas Wright of Longstone, Derbyshire. Vernon died on 25 February 1719 and was succeeded in his estates by his only son,

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{{authority control 1686 births 1719 deaths 18th-century English people Members of the Parliament of Great Britain Tory MPs (pre-1834) British MPs 1713–1715