Sir Harry Foley Vernon, 1st Baronet (11 April 1834 – 1 February 1920) was a

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politician. Born in 1834, Vernon was the son of Thomas Taylor and Jessie Anna Letitia (née Foley) Vernon. In 1861, he married Lady Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton, daughter of

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and Georgina (née Markham) Baillie-Hamilton and they had at least three children: Auda Letitia (1862–1957); Bowater George Hamilton (1865–1940); and Herbert Edward (1867–1902). Vernon was elected Liberal MP for East Worcestershire at a by-election in 1861—caused by the death of

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—and held the seat until 1868 when he did not seek re-election. Vernon was created a Baronet of Hanbury Hall in 1885, in recognition of the way he managed his estate during the

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. Upon his death in 1920, his son, Bowater George Hamilton Vernon, succeeded to the title, after which it became extinct.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vernon, Harry Foley UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1834 births 1920 deaths