There have been three baronetcies held by persons with the surname Verney, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2016.
There have been three baronetcies held by persons with the surname Verney, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2016.
The Verney Baronetcy, of Middle Claydon in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 March 1661. For more information on this creation, see the Earl Verney.
The Calvert, later Verney Baronetcy, of Claydon House in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 December 1818 for General Harry Calvert, for many years Adjutant-General of the Forces. The second Baronet assumed in 1827 the surname of Verney in lieu of Calvert, having succeeded to the Verney estates through his cousin Richard Calvert, who married Mary (née Nicholson), the widow of the Hon. John Verney, eldest son of Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney. Verney sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Buckingham and Bedford. The third Baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy and also represented Buckingham in the House of Commons as a Liberal. The fourth Baronet was also a Liberal politician and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1914 to 1915. He was succeeded by his son, the fifth Baronet. He was a member of the Buckinghamshire County Council and served as Vice-Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. As of 2014 the title is held by his only son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 2001.
Several other members of the Verney family have also gained distinction. George Hope Lloyd-Verney (who assumed the additional surname of Lloyd in 1888), third son of the second Baronet, was a colonel in the Army. He wrote the booklet Four-Handed Chess which was published in 1881. [1] His son Sir Harry Lloyd-Verney was Treasurer and Private Secretary to Queen Mary. His son Gerald Lloyd-Verney (1900–1957) was a major-general in the Irish Guards. His son Peter Vivian Verney (b. 1930) is an author. The Right Reverend Stephen Edmund Verney, younger son of the fourth Baronet, was Bishop of Repton (Suffragan Bishop for the Diocese of Derby). His Honour Sir Laurence John Verney, youngest son of the fourth Baronet, was a judge.
The family seat is Claydon House, near Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire.
The Verney Baronetcy, of Eaton Square in the City of Westminster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 July 1946 for Ralph Verney, Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921 and Secretary to the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1921 to 1955. He was the son of Frederick William Verney, youngest son of the second Baronet of the 1818 creation. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a painter, illustrator and author. As of 2007 the title is held by his only son, the third Baronet, who succeeded in 1993. However, he does not use his title. As of 28 February 2014 the present Baronet has not successfully proved his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1993. [2]
David Verney, younger son of the first Baronet, was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1964.
| Verney baronets, of Claydon House | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Ung sent, ung soleil (One faith, one sun) (Verney); Servata fides cineri (Faith kept with my ancestor) (Calvert) |
| Arms | Quarterly, 1st and 4th, azure on a cross argent fimbriated or, five mullets gules (Verney); 2nd and 3rd, paly of six erminois pean, a bend engrailed counterchanged (Calvert) |
| Crest | 1st, a demi-phoenix in flames proper, charged with five mullets in cross or and looking at rays of the sun (Verney); 2nd, out of a mural coronet, argent two spears erect, therefrom two pennons flowing towards the dexter, one erminois, the other pean (Calvert) |
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Andrew Nicholas Verney (born 1983).
There is no heir to the baronetcy.
Claydon House is a country house in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, near the village of Middle Claydon. It was built between 1757 and 1771 and is now owned by the National Trust.
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Sir Edmund Verney was an English politician, soldier and favourite of King Charles I. At the outbreak of the English Civil War he supported the Royalist cause and was killed at the Battle of Edgehill.
The Verney family purchased the manor of Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire, England, in the 1460s and still resides there today at the manor house known as Claydon House. This family had been seated previously at Fleetmarston in Buckinghamshire then at Pendley in Hertfordshire. It is not to be confused with the unrelated but also ancient and prominent Verney family of Compton Verney in Warwickshire.
Earl Verney, in the Province of Leinster, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. Sir Ralph Verney sat as a member of parliament for Aylesbury, for Great Bedwyn and for Buckingham. In 1661 he was created a Baronet, of Middle Claydon in the County of Buckingham, in the Baronetage of England. His son Sir John Verney, Bt, was a member of parliament for Buckinghamshire and for Amersham. In 1703, he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Verney of Belturbet, in the County of Cavan, and Viscount Fermanagh. His son, the second Viscount, represented Amersham and Wendover in Parliament. In 1742 he was created Earl Verney, in the Province of Leinster, in the Peerage of Ireland. However, all titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1791.
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Sir Edmund Hope Verney, 3rd Baronet FRGS, DL, JP was a British naval officer, author and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1885 and 1891.
Ralph Verney may refer to:
Frederick William Verney was a younger son of the long-established Verney family in Buckinghamshire. He became a Church of England clergyman, a barrister, a Siamese diplomat, and a Liberal Party politician, serving as a member of both the Buckinghamshire and London County Councils, and from 1906 to 1910 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham.
Sir Harry Lloyd Verney was a British courtier who served in successive Royal Households of the United Kingdom.
Major Sir Ralph Bruce Verney, 5th Baronet, was a British Army officer, local politician and landowner, who served as Chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council from 1980 to 1983.
Sir Edmund Ralph Verney, 6th Baronet succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Calvert, of Claydon House, Buckinghamshire, on 17 August 2001.