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VERNEY , the name of an See also:English See also:family which settled first of all at Fleetmarston in See also:Buckinghamshire, then at See also:Penley in See also:Hertfordshire, and finally at See also:Middle Claydon in See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham-See also:shire. Its See also:pedigree goes back to See also:Ralph de Verney (fl. 1216–1223), but the fortunes of the family were made by See also:Sir Ralph Verney (d. 1478), who was See also:lord See also:mayor of See also:London in 1465 and M.P. for the See also:city in 1472. His eldest son, Sir See also:John Verney, married See also:Margaret, heiress of Sir See also:Robert See also:Whittingham of Penley, and the See also:fourth Sir Ralph Verney married in 1525 See also:Elizabeth, one of the six co-heiresses of John, Lord Braye. Sir See also:Edmund Verney of Penley (d. 1600) See also:left two sons, See also:half-See also:brothers, Sir See also:Francis Verney (1584-1615), who became a soldier of See also:fortune and a buccaneer, and died at See also:Messina in See also:hospital in extreme poverty, and Sir Edmund Verney (1590–1642) of Middle Claydon, Bucks. Sir Edmund accompanied See also:Prince See also:Charles and Buckingham on the abortive See also:mission to See also:Madrid in 1623, and was See also:knight-See also:marshal to See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Charles I. When the See also:Civil
See also:War See also:broke out the royal See also:standard was entrusted to him at See also:Nottingham, and while defending it he was slain at Edgehill in 1642. His eldest son, Sir Ralph Verney (1613-1696), 1st See also:baronet, sat for See also:Aylesbury in both the See also:Short and the See also:Long parliaments. He took the See also:side of the See also:parliament at the outset of the Civil War, but went abroad in 1643 rather than sign the See also:Covenant, and his estates were sequestrated in 1646. He returned to See also:England in 1653, and, though he refused to See also:act against See also:Cromwell, was subsequently reconciled to the Restoration See also:government. His See also:brother, Sir Edmund (1616–1649), had taken the king's side, and was one of those murdered in See also:cold See also:blood by Cromwell's soldiers at the See also:sack of See also:Drogheda. Sir Ralph Verney's estates and honours descended to his son, Sir John (c. 1640-1717), who was created See also:Viscount See also:Fermanagh in the Irish See also:peerage in 1703 and was See also:father of Ralph Verney, created See also:Earl Verney in 1743. Earl Verney's See also:sister, Margaret Verney, by her See also:marriage with Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Cave, linked the Verney family a second See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time with the See also:barony of Braye, and the See also:present Lord Braye's surname is Verney-Cave. Earl Verney's eldest son, John, predeceased him in 1737, leaving a See also:posthumous daughter, See also:Mary (1737–1810), who was created Baroness Fermanagh in 1792. His second son, Ralph, 2nd Earl Verney (c. 1712–1791), was a friend of Edmund See also:Burke, who entered parliament as Verney's nominee for See also:Wendover. Earl Verney was an ardent supporter of the Whig See also:interest, but received no See also:reward from the party leaders. He rebuilt Claydon See also:House with See also:great splendour from the plans of John See also:Adam, but, with his See also:financial ventures, this brought him to See also:bankruptcy. He died childless in See also:March 1 791 and his titles became See also:extinct.
The present Verney family, of Claydon See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, Buckingham-shire, is descended in the male See also:line from See also:Felix See also:Calvert (1596–1674) of Little Hadham, Hertfordshire. The Right Hon. Sir Harry Verney, 2nd baronet (1801–1894), was the son of See also:General Sir Harry Calvert, G.C.B., created a baronet in 1818. He assumed the name of Verney in compliance with the will of Mary Verney, Baroness Fermanagh, mentioned above. This See also:lady died unmarried, leaving the paternal estates and the Verney portraits to her half-sister, See also:Catherine Calvert (Mrs See also:Wright), known thenceforward as Mrs Verney, on whose See also:death in 1827 they came into the See also:possession of her See also:cousin, Sir Harry Calvert (Verney). Sir Harry Verney entered the House of See also:Commons for Buckingham in 1832, and remained a member of the House with two short intervals for fifty-two years. He married in 1835 Eliza, daughter of See also:Admiral Sir See also:George See also:Johnstone See also:Hope, K.C.B., M.P., and secondly Frances Parthenope See also:Nightingale, sister of See also:Florence Nightingale.
Frances, Lady Verney, collected from the See also:mass of papers pre-served at Claydon House the See also:Memoirs of the Verney Family during the Seventeenth See also:Century, which contain a charming picture of the See also:life and See also:manners of the See also:country gentlemen of that See also:day. A second edition, abridged and corrected by Margaret M. Verney, appeared in 2 vols. in 1904. See also the Verney Papers edited for the See also:Camden Society in 1853–1854.
The Verneys who hold the barony of See also:Willoughby de Broke descend from the Rev. Robert See also:Barnard, See also:prebendary of See also:Winchester, who married in 1793 the Hon. Louisa Verney Peyto, daughter of John Peyto, 14th See also:Baron Willoughby de Broke, and co-heiress of her brother See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, 16th baron. The Peytos inherited the Verney estates in See also:Warwickshire through Margaret Greville (d. 1631), sister and heiress of See also:Fulke Greville, Lord See also:Brooke (q.v.), who married Sir See also:Richard Verney of See also:Compton Murdac, Warwickshire. Robert John Barnard, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke, who took in 1853 the surname of Verney in lieu of Barnard, was the grandfather of the 19th Lord Willoughby de Broke (Richard Greville Verney), who sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 190o for S.E. See also:Warwick-shire and succeeded to the See also:title in 1902.
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