Sir Edmund Ralph Verney, 6th Baronet (born 28 June 1950) succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Calvert, of Claydon House,

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...

, on 17 August 2001.

Personal life

Verney is the son of

Sir Ralph Verney, 5th Baronet Major Sir Ralph Bruce Verney, 5th Baronet, (18 January 1915 – 17 August 2001) was a British Army officer, local politician and landowner, who served as Chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council from 1980 to 1983. Early life Verney was the son ...

, and Mary Vestey. He married Daphne Primrose Fausset-Farquhar, daughter of Colonel Hamilton Farquhar Fausset-Farquhar, in March 1982 and they have two children: Andrew Nicholas Verney (b. 1983) and Ella Verney (b. 1985). He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

, London, and went to the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

. He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He held the office of High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire from 1998 to 1999.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verney, Edmund Ralph 1950 births People educated at Harrow School Alumni of the University of York Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire British landowners

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Living people