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Verney, Earl (I, 1743 - 1791)

Creation: let.pat. 22 Mar 1742/3

Extinct: 31 Mar 1791

Family name: Verney

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Arms:

Azure on a Cross Argent five Mullets pierced Gules

Crest:

A Phoenix beholding a Ray of the Sun all proper

Supporters:

On either side a Tiger Argent ducally gorged Azure and chained Or

Motto:

 Ung Tout Seul

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Ralph [Verney], 2nd Viscount of Fermanagh later 1st Earl Verney

only surv. son and heir of John [Verney], 1st Viscount of Fermanagh, by his first wife Elizabeth Palmer, 1st dau. of Ralph Palmer, of Little Chelsea, co. Middlesex

bapt.

18 Mar 1683

mar.

24 Feb 1707/8 Catherine Paschall (d. 28 Nov 1748;  bur. at Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Henry Paschall, of Baddow Hall, co. Essex, by his wife Catherine Appleton, only dau. of Sir Henry Appleton, 3rd Bt., of South Bemfleet, co. Essex

children

1. Hon John Verney (bapt. 8 Apr 1711;  dspm. and vp. 3 Jun 1737), mar. Jul 1736 Mary Nicholson (mar. (2) Richard Calvert), dau. of Josias Nicholson, of Clapham, co. Surrey, and had issue:

1a. Mary Verney, cr. 13 Jun 1792 Baroness Fermanagh (b. 21 Oct 1737; d. 15 Nov 1810; bur. at Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham)

2. Hon Ralph Verney, later 2nd Earl Verney

1. Lady Elizabeth Verney (dsps. 7 Jun 1756), mar. 28 Jun 1748 as his first wife Bennet [Sherard], 3rd Earl of Harborough

2. Lady Catherine Verney (dvp. 17 Aug 1750)

died

4 Oct 1752 (bur. at Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham)

created

22 Mar 1742/3 Earl Verney, in the Province of Leinster

suc. by

son

note

suc. his father as 2nd Viscount of Fermanagh 23 Jun 1717; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Amersham 1717-27 and (Whig) for Wendover 1741-52

Ralph [Verney], 2nd Earl Verney, PC

born

c. 1712

mar.

11 Sep 1740 Mary Herring (b. 4 Feb 1716; d. 20 Jan 1791; bur. at Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham), dau. and hrss. of Henry Herring, of Egham, co. Surrey, merchant of Mincing Lane, London, and a Director of the Bank of England

died

s.p. 31 Mar 1791 (bur. at Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham)

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Wendover 1753-61, for Carmarthen 1761-68 and for Buckinghamshire 1768-84 and 1790-91; FRS 1758; Privy Councillor 1765

On the death of the 2nd Earl Verney the Earldom of Verney and the Viscountcy of Fermanagh became extinct.

 First written 14 Oct 2007

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