Henry Vernon (13 September 1718 – 25 May 1765), of
Hilton Park,
Staffordshire
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, was an English Member of Parliament.
Early life
Vernon was born on 13 September 1718. He was the eldest son of
Henry Vernon, MP of Hilton Park by Penelope Philips, daughter and co-heiress of Robert Philips of Newton Regis.
His first cousin was
Henry Vernon, an MP for
Staffordshire
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and
Newcastle-under-Lyme
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.
Career
He was a
Member
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(MP) of the
Parliament of England
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for
Lichfield
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from 29 January 1754 to 8 April 1754 and 1761 to December 1762, and for
Newcastle-under-Lyme
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15 January 1755 to 1761.
From December 1762 until his death, he was
Commissioner of Excise
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.
Personal life

In December 1743, Vernon married Lady Henrietta Wentworth, a daughter of
Frederick Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford. Together, they were the parents of three sons and five daughters, including:
*
Henrietta Vernon (–1828), who married
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Grosvenor. After their divorce, she married
George de Hochepied, 6th Baron de Hochepied.
* Henry Vernon (–), who married Penelope Graham, a daughter of Arthur Graham.
* Anna Vernon (1748–1797), who married
Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick
Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick (16 April 1745 – 6 January 1789), was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage.
Early life
Hill was the youngest and only surviving ...
.
* Leveson Vernon
* Lucy Vernon
* Caroline Vernon
* Jane Vernon
Vernon died on 25 May 1765.
References
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1718 births
1765 deaths
18th-century English people
People from Wall, Staffordshire
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain
Commissioners of Excise