Sir Edward Wingfield Verner, 4th Baronet (1 October 1830 – 21 June 1899) was a Conservative Party politician in Ireland who sat in the

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from 1863 to 1880. Verner was the second son of Sir William Verner, Bt (1782–1871) and his wife Harriet Wingfield. He was educated at Eton College and

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. He married Selina Florence, daughter of Thomas Vesey Nugent, on 15 December 1864. Verner was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in 1863. He contested a by-election in February of that year, and was narrowly defeated by the Liberal Party candidate, industrialist

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. However, that result was overturned on petition and at a second by-election in June he won the seat by 151 votes to Barbour's 90. Verner held the Lisburn seat until 1873. His father William had been one of the two MPs for County Armagh, and on William's death Edward resigned his seat to stand in the by-election for Armagh. He was elected unopposed,Walker, op cit, p 250–251 and re-elected with a generous majority in

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. He stood down at the 1880 general election, when his nephew William Edward was defeated by the Liberal candidate James Nicholson Richardson. Outside of Parliament, Verner was High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1866. He lived at

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, and died on 21 June 1899.Sir Edward Wingfield Verner, 4th Baronet
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verner, Edward Wingfield 1830 births 1899 deaths Irish Conservative Party MPs UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 Younger sons of baronets Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (1801–1922) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Armagh constituencies (1801–1922) People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of County Dublin