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

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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 ''

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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 Medlico ...

(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

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