Vereker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*
Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort
Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort PC (Ire) (1768 – 11 November 1842), known as Charles Vereker until 1817, was an Irish soldier and politician.
Background
Gort was the son of Thomas Vereker by Juliana, daughter of Charles Smyth and sister o ...
(1768–1842), Irish soldier and politician
*
Colin Leopold Prendergast Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort (1916–1995), peer and
Isle of Man
)
, anthem = "O Land of Our Birth"
, image = Isle of Man by Sentinel-2.jpg
, image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg
, mapsize =
, map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe
, map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green)
in Europe ...
politician
*
Foley Charles Prendergast Vereker
Foley Charles Prendergast Vereker (21 June 1850 - 24 October 1900) was a Royal Navy Officer and hydrographic surveyor. He is particularly noted as an artist who produced navigational views and illustrations of the places he worked.
Vereker was bo ...
(1850-1900), Royal Navy officer and hydrographic surveyor
* Hugh Vereker, secretive novelist in Henry James's ''
The Figure in the Carpet'' (1896)
*
Gordon Vereker
Sir George Gordon Medlicott Vereker (11 December 1889 – 14 March 1976) was a British diplomat.
Roving diplomat
Vereker was born in County Galway, Ireland to a prominent and wealthy Protestant "Ascendancy" family, the son of Sir George Medlic ...
(1889–1976), British diplomat
*
John Prendergast Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort
John Prendergast Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort (1 July 1790 – 20 October 1865), was an Irish peer and politician.
Background and education
Gort was the son of Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort, and his first wife Jane, daughter of Ralph Westr ...
(1790–1865), peer and politician
*
John Gage Prendergast Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort (1849–1902), peer
*
John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his acti ...
(1886–1946), peer and senior
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
officer
*
John Michael Medlicott Vereker (born 1944), British civil servant and
Governor of Bermuda
The Governor of Bermuda (fully the ''Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Somers Isles (alias the Islands of Bermuda)'') is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda.
For the purposes of this a ...
*
Julian Charles Prendergast Vereker (1945–2000), British designer of
hi-fi audio equipment
*
Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort
Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort, (12 February 1888 – 21 May 1975) was an Anglo-Irish peer, connoisseur and collector of fine art, antiques, and objets d'art, whose seat was at Hamsterley Hall, County Durham. He was ...
(1888–1975), peer
*
John James "Tommy" Vereker (1893–1974), American baseball player
See also
*
Vereker Monteith Hamilton
Vereker Monteith Hamilton (14 February 1856 – 1931 Cowden, Kent) was a Scottish artist of military and historical works.
He was born in Hafton, Argyll a son of Lieut. Col. Christian Monteith Hamilton of the 92nd Highlanders, and brother of ...
(1856–1931), Scottish artist of military and historical works
*
Viscount Gort
Viscount Gort is the title of two peerages in British and Irish history. Gort is a small town in County Galway in the West of Ireland. The original title was in the Peerage of Ireland and is extant. A viscountcy with the same title as the Irish p ...
{{surname