George William Henry Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon PC (25 February 1854-15 December 1898), styled the Hon. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Venables-Vernon from 1866 to 1883, was a British Liberal politician. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party
Vernon was the son of Augustus Henry Venables-Vernon, 6th Baron Vernon, and his wife Lady Harriet Frances Maria, daughter of Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, and succeeded his father in the barony in 1883. Thomas William Anson 1st Earl of Lichfield PC ( 20 October 1795 - 18 March 1854) known as the Viscount Anson from 1818 to He sat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords and served in the last Liberal administration of William Gladstone as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (chief government whip in the House of Lords) from 1892 to 1894. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" The Liberal government 1892-1895 was a minority government where the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury won the most seats but not an overall majority The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a UK government post usually held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords. In 1892 he was sworn of the Privy Council. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign.
Lord Vernon married Frances Margaret, daughter of Francis Lawrance, of New York City, in 1885. The City of New York He died in December 1898, aged 44, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son George.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by The Earl of Yarborough |
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 1892–1894 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Chesterfield |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Augustus Venables-Vernon |
Baron Vernon 1883–1898 |
Succeeded by George Venables-Vernon |
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