Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 15th Baron Latimer (1586 – 12 May 1642) of Compton Verney in

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, England, served twice as a Member of Parliament for

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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

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(d. 1631), (from 1628 ''

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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

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, and

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Career

He was admitted to

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in 1600. He also studied under the Cambridge scholar

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, 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

in 1614 through the patronage of his

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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

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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

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and

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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

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. His death on the eve of the

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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

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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

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Death and succession

He died on 12 May 1642 when the title passed to his son

. 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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