
Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 15th Baron Latimer (1586 – 12 May 1642) of
Compton Verney in
Warwickshire
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, England, served twice as a
Member of Parliament for
Warwick
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, in 1614 and 1621.
Origins
He was the son and heir of Sir
Richard Verney (1563–1630) of Compton Verney by his wife
Margaret Greville
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Family background
Born Margaret Helen Anderson, s ...
(d. 1631), (from 1628 ''
suo jure
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6th Baroness Willoughby de Broke) daughter of
Fulke Greville, 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1536–1606) of Beauchamp Court, Alcester, Warwickshire, and sister and heiress of
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1554–1628), known before 1621 as ''Sir Fulke Greville'' the
poet
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, and
statesman
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Career
He was admitted to
Gray's Inn
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in 1600. He also studied under the Cambridge scholar
Robert Naunton
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Family
Robert Naunton was the son of Henry Naunton of ...
, although no record of his formal admission to the university is known. In 1607 he was granted a 4 year passport, which was renewed for 3 years in 1612. He traveled widely on the Continent to complete his education, returning to sit as
Member of Parliament for
Warwick
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in 1614 through the patronage of his
uncle
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.
He was knighted in October 1617, presumably once more thanks to his uncle.
Following his marriage the next year to the step-daughter of
Lord Kinclaven he was given use of
Kineton
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, Warwickshire, which his uncle had recently purchased. He sat again as MP for Warwick in 1621.
He did not play an active role in Warwickshire until after the death of his father, when he became a JP.
He inherited the titles
Baron Willoughby de Broke
Baron Willoughby de Broke is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created Hereditary peer#Writs of summons, by writ in 1491 for Sir Robert Willoughby, of the Brook Hall, manor of Broke, part of Westbury, Wiltshire, Westbury, Wiltshire, wh ...
and
Baron Latimer
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on the death of his mother in 1631.
He was appointed
Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1635 and had considerable trouble collecting
Ship Money
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.
His death on the eve of the
English Civil War
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, the
first battle of which took place near Kineton, deprived Warwickshire of one of its political leaders.
Marriage and issue
On 13 May 1618, he married
Katherine Southwell, a daughter of Sir
Richard Southwell (d. 1598) by his wife
Elizabeth Howard, a daughter of
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
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.
Children:
*
Greville Verney, 8th Baron Willoughby de Broke
Greville Verney, 8th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 16th Baron Latimer (c. 1620 – 9 December 1648) was a peer in the peerage of England.
Greville Verney was born circa 1620, the elder son of Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de B ...
*
Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke
*Elizabeth Verney, who married William Peyto, a son of
Edward Peyto
Edward Peyto (1589–1643) was an English landowner.
He was the son of William Peyto (d. 1619) and Elienora or Eleanor Aston (d. 1636), a daughter of Walter Aston of Tixall, and widow of Thomas Boulding.
His estates were at Chesterton, Warwick ...
Death and succession
He died on 12 May 1642 when the title passed to his son
Greville Verney, 8th Baron Willoughby de Broke
Greville Verney, 8th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 16th Baron Latimer (c. 1620 – 9 December 1648) was a peer in the peerage of England.
Greville Verney was born circa 1620, the elder son of Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de B ...
. His younger son inherited the title on the death of the 8th baron's grandson.
References
External links
Compton Verney House website
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Greville
Greville Verney
1586 births
1642 deaths
High sheriffs of Warwickshire
English MPs 1614
English MPs 1621–1622
Sheriffs of Warwickshire
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