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 (1659–1728), and Margaret Heath, daughter of Sir Thomas Heath 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 matriculated at

New College, Oxford New College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by Bishop William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as New College's feeder school, New College was one of the first col ...

. He inherited the title Baron Willoughby de Broke and Baron Latimer on the death of his father in 1728, his elder brother Thomas having died of smallpox in 1710. Two other elder brothers died young. He married Penelope, daughter of Clifton Packe of

Prestwold Hall Prestwold Hall is a country house in Leicestershire, England, standing in of land in the parish of Prestwold. It is both a private home and a venue for weddings and events. History Prestwold Hall was, for many years, the seat of the Packe famil ...

, Leicestershire (died 1730). He married secondly Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Nathaniel Williams. His only son died in infancy. Upon his death, on 11 August 1752, the title passed to his nephew John Peyto-Verney, who was the son of his younger brother Sir John Verney.

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Compton Verney House website
1693 births 1752 deaths

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