Captain George Francis Augustus Venables-Vernon, 8th Baron Vernon (28 September 1888 – 10 November 1915), styled The Honourable George Venables-Vernon from 1888 to 1898, was a British soldier and diplomat.
Captain The Right Honourable The Lord Vernon | |
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_-_George_Francis_Augustus_Vernon_(1888%E2%80%931915),_8th_Baron_Vernon,_as_a_Boy_-_653142_-_National_Trust.jpg) Portrait of Lord Vernon, as a boy, by James Jebusa Shannon, 1903 | |
| Born | George Francis Augustus Venables-Vernon 28 September 1888 |
| Died | 10 November 1915 (aged 27) |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Parent(s) | George Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon Frances Margaret Lawrance |
| Relatives | Francis Venables-Vernon, 9th Baron Vernon (brother) |
Early life
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Lord Vernon was born on 28 September 1888 into the prominent Vernon family.[1] He was the eldest son of George Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon, and Frances Margaret Lawrance (a daughter of Francis C. Lawrance, of New York City).[2][3] His sister, Frances Lawrance Venables-Vernon, married Maurice Raoul-Duval and his younger brother, Francis Venables-Vernon, was a British soldier.
Lord Vernon served as a Page at the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902.[1] He was educated at Eton College before attending Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
Career
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Lord Vernon was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of the Derbyshire Yeomanry in 1906, a Lieutenant in 1912 and Captain 1914. He entered the Diplomatic Service, being Honorary Attaché at Constantinople in 1908 and in Munich in 1909 until the outbreak of the War. He served in World War I from 1914 until his death in 1915, when he contracted dysentery whilst on active service in Gallipoli.[1]
Personal life
editLord Vernon died at Malta on 10 November 1915 from dysentery contracted while on service in Gallipoli.[4] He was succeeded in the barony, along with around 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land in Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire,[5][6] by his younger brother Francis.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, pps. 3999-4000.
- ^ "MARRIED -- Vernon Lawrence". The New York Times. 15 August 1885. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "WILL OF LADY VERNON". Derby Evening Telegraph. 4 November 1940. p. 1. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "BARON VERNON DEAD.; Captain of Derbyshire Yeomanry Was Once in Diplomatic Service". The New York Times. 12 November 1915. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- ^ "The Farm And Garden". The Cornishman. No. 252. 10 May 1883. p. 6.
- ^ "Lord Vernon Dies at 73". Derby Evening Telegraph. 20 March 1963. p. 25. Retrieved 24 March 2023.