There have been three baronetcies created for members of the

Vernon family The Vernon family was a wealthy, prolific and widespread English family with 11th-century origins in Vernon, Normandy, France. Their extant titles include Baron Vernon and Vernon baronets of Shotwick Park. Vernon of Shipbrook, Cheshire William d ...

The Vernon baronetcy, of Hodnet, Salop was created in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ...

for Henry Vernon of

Hodnet, Shropshire Hodnet is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The town of Market Drayton lies 5.7 miles (9.2 km) north-east of the village. History Evidence of a Bronze Age burial site was discovered during construction of the bypass in ...

on 23 July 1660. It became extinct in 1725. The Vernon baronetcy, of

Hanbury Hall Hanbury Hall is a large 18th-century stately home standing in parkland at Hanbury, Worcestershire. The main range has two storeys and is built of red brick in the Queen Anne style. It is a Grade I listed building, and the associated Orangery a ...

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...

was created in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of E ...

for Harry Foley Vernon on 23 July 1885. It became extinct in 1940. Vernon of Shotwick Park arms

The Vernon baronetcy, of

Shotwick Park Shotwick Park is a small settlement and former civil parish, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Located between the villages of Shotwick and Saughall, it is approximately north ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

was created in the

for William Vernon on 24 January 1914. It is extant. Sir James Vernon, 5th Baronet, is a member of the Executive Committee of the

Standing Council of the Baronetage The Standing Council of the Baronetage is a United Kingdom organisation which deals with the affairs of baronets. It was first established in January 1898 as the Honourable Society of the Baronetage. In July 1903 it was reconstituted as a permanent ...

. Members of other branches of the

have been created

Baron Vernon Baron Vernon, of Kinderton in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1762 for the former Member of Parliament George Venables-Vernon. He had previously represented Lichfield and Derby in the House o ...

and Earl of Shipbrook.

Vernon baronets of Hodnet, Salop. (1660)

Sir Henry Vernon, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Vernon, 1st Baronet (1605–1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1676. Vernon was the son of Sir Robert Vernon of Hodnet, Shropshire and his wife Mary Needham, daughter of Sir Robert Nee ...

(1605–1676), MP for Shropshire 1660 and West Looe 1661–1676 *Sir Thomas Vernon, 2nd Baronet (died 1683) *

Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet (22 June 1678 – 1 October 1725) was a British diplomat and politician. He succeeded in the baronetcy in 1683, when aged only five. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards on 10 N ...

(1678–1725). Diplomat.

Vernon baronets, of Hanbury Hall (1885)

Sir Harry Vernon, 1st Baronet Sir Harry Foley Vernon, 1st Baronet (11 April 1834 – 1 February 1920) was a British Liberal Party politician. Born in 1834, Vernon was the son of Thomas Taylor and Jessie Anna Letitia (née Foley) Vernon. In 1861, he married Lady Georgina Soph ...

(1834–1920), MP for East Worcestershire 1861–1868 *Captain Sir Bowater George Hamilton Vernon, 2nd Baronet (1865–1940) Worcester People and Places

Vernon baronets of Shotwick Park, Cheshire (1914)

* Sir William Vernon, 1st Baronet (1835–1919) * Sir John Herbert Vernon, 2nd Baronet (1858–1933) * Sir William Norman Herbert Vernon, 3rd Baronet (1890–1967) * Sir Nigel John Douglas Vernon, 4th Baronet (1924–2007) * Sir James Vernon, 5th Baronet (born 1949)

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