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Lyveden, Baron (UK, 1859)

Creation: let. pat. 28 Jun 1859

Family name: Vernon

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent a Fret Sable (Vernon);  2nd and 3rd, Gules three Bars Gemelles Argent a Chevron Ermine on a Chief of the second three Blackamoors' Heads proper a Canton of the field charged with a Battle-Axe Or all within a Bordure counter-compony of the second and Azure (Smith)

Crests:

1st:  a Boar's Head erased Sable ducally gorged Or (Vernon);  2nd:  a Cubit Arm erect in Armour proper charged with a Battle-Axe Sable the hand grasping two Wreaths of Laurel pendant on either side also proper (Smith)

Supporters:

Dexter: a Boar Sable ducally gorged and suspended therefrom by a Chain an Escutcheon Or charged with a Rose Gules slipped proper;  Sinister:  a Wyvern Vert plain collared and suspended therefrom by a Chain an Escutcheon Or charged with a rose Gules slipped proper

Motto:

Vernon Semper Viret (Vernon always flourishes)

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Robert Vernon [Smith later Vernon], 1st Baron Lyveden, GCB PC

son of Robert Percy Smith MP, of Cheam, co. Surrey, Judge Advocate General in India, by his wife Caroline Maria Vernon, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Richard Vernon MP, of Hilton Park, co. Stafford, by his wife Lady Evelyn Fitzpatrick, Dowager Countess of Upper Ossory, 5th dau. by his first wife of John [Leveson-Gower], 1st Earl Gower

born

23 Feb 1800

mar.

15 Jul 1823 Emma Mary Fitzpatrick (d. 22 Sep 1882), sister of John Wilson [Fitzpatrick], 1st Baron Castletown, and illegit. dau. of John [Fitzpatrick], 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory

children

1. Hon Fitzpatrick Henry Vernon, later 2nd Baron Lyveden

2. Hon Gowran Charles Vernon, barrister, Recorder of Lincoln (b. 9 Nov 1825; d. 15 Jan 1872), mar. 4 Aug 1857 Caroline Fazakerly (d. 16 Oct 1884), 1st dau. of John Nicholas Fazakerly MP, of West Hill, Isle of Wight, and Stoodleigh, Bampston, co. Devon, by his wife Hon Eleanor Montagu, 5th dau. of Mathew [Robinson later Montagu], 4th Baron Rokeby, and had issue:

1a. Robert Brian Gowran Vernon (b. 26 Aug 1866; dvp. 29 May 1869)

1a. Eleanor Emma Albreda Vernon (dsp. 24 Sep 1949), mar. 29 Nov 1884 Lt Col George Lancelot McLean Farmer (d. 7 Jan 1920), 3rd son of William Francis Garmul Farmer JP DL, of Nonsuch Park, co. Surrey

2a. Dorothy Harriet Vernon

3a. Gertrude Vernon (dsp. 3 Apr 1932), mar. 15 Oct 1889 Sir Andrew Noel Agnew of Lochnaw, 9th Bt. JP MP

3. Rev Hon Courtenay John Vernon, Rector of Grafton Underwood, co. Northampton (b. 27 Jul 1828; d. 2 Jul 1892), mar. 25 Mar 1856 Alice Gertrude Townshend (d. May 1913), 2nd dau. of Rev Maurice Fitzgerald Stephens Townshend, of Castle Townshend, co. Cork, and had issue:

1a. Courtenay Robert Percy Vernon, later 3rd Baron Lyveden

2a. Sydney Charles Fitzpatrick Vernon (b. 14 JUl 1862; dsp. 1924), mar. Emilie Louise Lorkin, dau. of C Lorkin

1a. Evelyn Mary Geraldine Vernon (d. 28 Jan 1930), mar. 7 Aug 1877 Rev Canon Hugh Hodgson Gillett, Rector of Compton, co. Surrey (d. 1915), and had issue

4. Hon Greville Richard Vernon JP DL, of Auchans House, co. Kilmarnock, Member of Parliament for Ayrshire 1886-92 (b. 6 Mar 1835; d. 19 Feb 1909), mar. 13 Apr 1858 Susan Caroline Howe-Cockerell (d. 3 Oct 1901), 2nd dau. of Cdr Richard Howe-Cockerell RN by his wife Theresa Newcomen, illegit. dau. of Thomas [Gleadowe-Newcomen], 2nd Viscount Newcomen, by his mistress Harriet Holland, and had issue:

1a. Howe William Leveson Vernon (b. 21 Dec 1859; dvp. Jan 1882)

2a. Cecil Sydney Archibald Vernon (b. 18 Feb 1862; d. 22 Oct 1944), mar. 16 Feb 1887 Jessie Jane Munroe, and had issue:

1b. Sidney Munroe Archibald, later 5th Baron Lyveden

2b. Ronald Greville Vernon (b. 1890; dsp. 13 Aug 1956), mar. 1932 Ethel Mary Ely, of Wimbledon, co. Surrey

3b. John Lyveden Vernon (b. 1895; d. Jan 1970), mar. 1922 Catherine Mary Draffin (d. 3 Jul 1970), and had issue

1b. Dorothy Ann Vernon (b. 1902; d. 19...), mar. 1924 Leonard Ross, and had issue

3a. Capt Ronald James Vernon (b. 25 Jan 1866; killed vp. in action at Mafeking, South Africa, 26 Dec 1899)

4a. Capt Eustace Vernon (b. 8 Feb 1871; d. 24 Oct 1914), mar. 1898 Jane Cutts, widow of Dr William Henry Cutts and dau. of Dr William Bailiie Rankin, and had issue

5a. Rupert Robert Charles Vernon DSO JP, served in South Africa 1900 (b. 31 Dec 1872; d. 4 May 1940), mar. 18 Oct 1906 Dorothy Inez Elinor Thorneycroft (b. 1881; k. in a car crash 19 Feb 1965), dau. of George Benjamin Thorneycroft, of Dunston, co. Stafford, and had issue

6a. Guy Fitzpatrick Roger Vernon (b. 8 Oct 1878; dsp. 11 Jun 1914 from injuries received in a car crash), mar. 30 Apr 1914 Marjorie McIntyre (mar. (2) 16 Aug 1922 16th Earl of Eglinton and Winton; d. 7 Dec 1963), dau. of Thomas Walker McIntyre of Sorn

1a. Mabel Evelyn Vernon (dvp. 3 May 1890)

2a. Ethel Egidia Vernon (dvp. an infant 10 Oct 1863)

3a. Florence Albreda Vernon (b. 2 Dec 1867; d. 10 Mar 1940), mar. 28 Nov 1894 Lt Col Ranald Macdonald Laurie DSO, of Ford Place, Grays, co. Essex (d. 21 Oct 1927), and had issue

2a. Hermione Helen Vernon (b. 27 Jun 1875; d. 27 Nov 1947), mar. 1 Jun 1912 Maj John Brown Black, of Bayford Lodge, Wincanton, co. Somerset, 2nd son of Gavin Black, of Wester Moffat, Airdrie, co. Lanark, and had issue

1. Hon Evelyn Elizabeth Vernon (b. 5 Sep 1829; dvp. and sp. 22 Jan 1873), mar. 19 Sep 1850 George Wodehouse Currie (dsp. 8 Jan 1887)

died

10 Nov 1873

created

28 Jun 1859 Baron Lyveden, of Lyveden in the County of Northampton

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Tralee 1829-31 and for Northampton 1831-59; Metropolitan Commissioner of Lunacy 1830-45; a Lord of the Treasury 1830-34; Secretary of the Board of Control 1835-39; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Colonies 1839-41; Commissioner of Lunacy 1845-60; Secretary at War 1852; President of the Board of Control 1855-58; GCB 1872

FitzPatrick Henry [Smith later Vernon], 2nd Baron Lyveden JP DL

born

27 Apr 1824

mar. (1)

21 Jun 1853 Lady Albreda Elizabeth Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (dsp. 11 Nov 1891), 7th dau. of Charles William [Wentworth-Fitzwilliam], 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, by his wife and cousin Hon Mary Dundas, 6th dau. of Thomas [Dundas], 1st Baron Dundas

mar. (2)

15 Oct 1896 Julia Kate Emary (later Sister Columba at the Convent of the Poor Clares, York; d. 19 Mar 1949), dau. of Albert Emary, of Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings, co. Sussex

died

s.p. 25 Feb 1900

suc. by

nephew

note

Private Secretary to the Head of Woods and Forests 1840; Attaché in Madrid 1846-48, Hanover 1848-49 and Berlin 1849; Secretayr to his father at the War Office 1852 and at the Board of Control 1855-58

Courtenay Robert Percy [Vernon], 3rd Baron Lyveden

born

29 Dec 1857

mar. (1)

12 Feb 1890 Fanny Zelie Hill (d. 10 Sep 1924), dau. of Maj Charles Hill, of Wollaston Hall, co. Northampton

children by first wife

1. Hon Robert Fitzpatrick Courtenay Vernon, later 4th Baron Lyveden

1. Hon Victoria Wyndham Dorothy Vernon (b. 14 Jun 1898; d. 19...), mar. 24 Sep 1919 Rev Walter Frift, Rector of Irthlingborough, co. Northampton (d. Nov 1938), son of John Frift

mar. (2)

1925 Ada Springate (the actress Lynda Martell;  former wife of Richard Springate;  d. 19..), dau. of Arthur Hodgkinson, of Accrington, co. Chester

died

25 Dec 1926

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Capt, 3rd Batallion HLI; President, British Committee of Study for Municipal Institutions;  actor, sailor, purser, waiter, cab driver and nurseryman; served in World War I 1914-18 as Lt Cdr RNVR 

Robert FitzPatrick Courtenay [Vernon], 4th Baron Lyveden

born

1 Feb 1892

mar.

28 Oct 1949 Doris Violet Paterson (former wife of Cdr J G Bower RN;  widow of Capt Eric Paterson;  d. 1985), dau. of Henry Francis Coghlan White, of Courtlands, West Hoathley, co. Sussex

died

s.p. 9 Jan 1969

suc. by

cousin

Sydney Munroe Archibald [Vernon], 5th Baron Lyveden

born

21 Nov 1888

mar. (1)

2 Jul 1912 Ruby Shandley (d. 26 Jan 1932), dau. of Robert John Shandley

children by first wife

1. Hon Ronald Cecil Vernon, later 6th Baron Lyveden

1. Hon Eileen Dorothy Vernon (b. 3 Jan 1914; d. 19...), mar. 11 Jul 1932 John Robert Grindrod, and had issue

2. Hon Valda Jean Vernon (b. 11 Jul 1918; d. 19...), mar. 10 Jul 1937 Basil George Garrett, and had issue

3. Hon Audrey Joan Vernon (b. 8 Jun 1922), mar. 14 Nov 1940 Russell Parker, of Kennington Street, Waihi, New Zealand, and has issue

4. Hon Maureen Dawn Vernon (b. 19 Oct 1926), mar. 16 Nov 1945 Noel Surrell, of 10 Koha Road, Taupo, New Zealand, and has issue

mar. (2)

1957 Gladys Cassidy (widow of John Cassify;  d. 1986)

died

19 Sep 1973

suc. by

son by first wife

Ronald Cecil [Vernon], 6th Baron Lyveden

born

10 Apr 1915

mar.

21 May 1938 Queenie Constance Ardern, dau. of Howard Ardern

children

1. Hon Jack Leslie Vernon, later 7th Baron Lyveden

2. Hon Robert Howard Vernon, heir presumptive to the Barony of Lyveden, of 2175 Avenue Rd, Apt 6, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (b. 2 Oct 1942), mar. 1968 Louise Smith, and has issue:

1a. Russell Sydney Vernon, of 213 Atlas Street, Toronto M6C 3P6, Canada (b. 1969), mar. 1995 Kathryn Johnston, and has issue:

1b. Mitchell Robert Allan Vernon (b. 1998)

3. Hon Grant Vernon, of 40 Emma Street, Te Aroha, New Zealand (b. 29 Apr 1852), mar. 1992 Karen Teresa Margaret Green, and has issue

died

12 Aug 1999

suc. by

son

Jack Leslie [Vernon], 7th Baron Lyveden

born

10 Nov 1938

mar.

11 Nov 1961 Lynette June Lilley, dau. of William Herbert Lilley, of Taupaki Road, Auckland, New Zealand

children

1. Hon Colin Ronald Vernon, later 8th Baron Lyveden

1. Hon Wendy Caroline Vernon (b. 5 Oct 1962), mar. 14 Feb 1987 Grant Robert Meredith, of 18 Pamela Place, Hamilton, New Zealand, and has issue

2. Hon Karen Marle Vernon (b. 11 May 1964), mar. 2 Feb 1985 (div. 1997) Nigel James Lynch, and has issue

died

18 Dec 2017

suc. by

son

note

Fire Officer 1975; Deputy Chief Fire Officer 1981; Chief Fire Officer 1987-94; Life member, Te Aroha Fire Brigade

Colin Ronald [Vernon], 8th Baron Lyveden

born

3 Feb 1967

The heir presumptive to the Barony of Lyveden is Hon Robert Howard Vernon, second son of the 6th Baron Lyveden and uncle of the present Baron.

 Last updated 2 Jan 2019

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Title:

8th Baron Lyveden, of Lyveden in the County of Northampton

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 28 Jun 1859)

Address:

17 Carlton Street, Te Aroha, New Zealand

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