George Verney, 12th Baron Willoughby de Broke and ''de jure'' 20th Baron Latimer (13 October 1659 – 26 December 1728) was an English peer and clergyman. He was

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1701–13 and

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from 1713–28.

Biography

Willoughby was the second son of

Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke and ''de jure'' 19th Baron Latimer (28 January 1622 – 18 July 1711) was a peer in the peerage of England, High Sheriff and Member of Parliament. He was born in 1622, the second son of Sir Grevill ...

(1621–1711), and Mary Pretyman, daughter of Sir John Pretyman. He was born at the Verney family seat at

Compton Verney House Compton Verney House () is an 18th-century country mansion at Compton Verney near Kineton in Warwickshire, England. It is located on the west side of a lake north of the B4086 road, B4086 about north-west of Banbury. Today, it is the site of th ...

in Warwickshire. He inherited the title Baron Willoughby de Broke and Baron Latimer on the death of his father in 1711, his elder brother, John, having died in 1707. He was educated at

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and became a fellow of

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, graduating M.A. in 1686 and D.D. in 1699. After serving as a

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from 1701 to 1713, he was installed Dean of St Georges Chapel, Windsor, a position he held until his death. He also became register of the

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in 1713. He undertook extensive remodelling of Compton Verney House to give it a more classical appearance, and re-landscaped the garden. He employed master mason John Townesend and son

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, who had worked at

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and

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Marriage and issue

Willoughby married Margaret Heath, daughter of Sir John Heath, on 2 December 1683. They had six children, three of whom reached aged 21: *George (13 October 1689 – 16 March 1698), died young *Philip (1690 – 9 June 1697), died young *Thomas Verney (1691 – 5 May 1710), died of smallpox at age 19; married Hon. Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh. His daughter and heiress, Eleanor (1710 – 14 December 1724), married George Bowes (1701–1760) at age 14 but died two months later; her death was the subject of a poem by

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont; 15 May 168921 August 1762) was an English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward Wortley Montagu, ...

, "On the Death of Mrs Bowes" *

Richard Verney, 13th Baron Willoughby de Broke Richard Verney, 13th Baron Willoughby de Broke and ''de jure'' 21st Baron Latimer (1693 – 11 August 1752) was an English peer. Richard Verney was born in 1693, the fourth but second surviving son of George Verney, 12th Baron Willoughby de Broke ...

(1693–1752), married twice but died without an heir *Hon. Margaret Verney (18 March 1696 – 9 October 1755) married

Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham ( – 18 June 1763) was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 until 1747 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Feversham. Duncombe was the son of Anthony Duncomb ...

* Hon. Sir John Verney (1699–1741), married Lady Abigail Harley, daughter of Edward Harley and sister of

Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ( – 11 April 1755) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was the nephew of Great Britain's Chief Minister between 1711 and 1714, Robert Harley. Early life Harley was the son and he ...

and father of 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke He died 26 December 1728 and was buried at Compton Verney. The title passed to his eldest living son, Richard.

References

External links

Compton Verney House website
1659 births 1728 deaths Fellows of New College, Oxford Ordained peers Canons of Windsor Deans of Windsor

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