Sir Harry Vernon, 1st Baronet

{{Short description|English politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Harry Vernon |image = British School - Sir Harry Foley Vernon (1834–1920), 1st Bt, MP - 414262 - National Trust.jpg |alt = |caption = |office = Member of Parliament for East Worcestershire |parliament = |majority = |term_start = 20 December 1861 |term_end = 25 November 1868 |alongside = Charles Lytellton (June 1868–November 1868) Frederick Gough-Calthorpe (1861–1868) |predecessor = John Hodgetts-Foley Frederick Gough-Calthorpe |successor = Charles Lyttelton Richard Amphlett |birth_date = 11 April 1834 |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1920|02|01|1834|04|11}} |death_place = |alma_mater = |party = Liberal |parents = Thomas Taylor Vernon Jessie Anna Letitia Foley |spouse = {{marriage|Lady Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton|17 October 1861}} |relatives = |children = Three, including Bowater George Hamilton Vernon }}

'''Sir Harry Foley Vernon, 1st Baronet''' (11 April 1834 – 1 February 1920)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|w|1|date=March 2018}}</ref><ref name="rayment-bt">{{Rayment-bt|v|date=March 2018}}</ref> was a British Liberal Party politician.<ref name="thepeerage"/>

==Early life== Born in 1834, Vernon was the son of Thomas Taylor and Jessie Anna Letitia (née Foley) Vernon.<ref name="thepeerage"/>

==Career== Vernon was elected Liberal MP for East Worcestershire at a by-election in 1861—caused by the death of John Hodgetts-Foley—and held the seat until 1868 when he did not seek re-election.<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref>

Vernon was created a Baronet of Hanbury Hall in 1885, in recognition of the way he managed his estate during the Great Depression of British Agriculture.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Vernon family of Hanbury Hall|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hanbury-hall-and-gardens/features/-the-vernon-family-of-hanbury-hall|website=National Trust|accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life== thumb|right|Portrait of Lady Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton, between {{circa|1860}} and {{circa|1870}} In 1861, he married Lady Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton, daughter of George and Georgina (née Markham) Baillie-Hamilton and they had at least three children: Auda Letitia (1862–1957); Bowater George Hamilton (1865–1940); and Herbert Edward (1867–1902).<ref name="thepeerage">{{cite web|title=Sir Harry Foley Vernon, 1st Bt.|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p8971.htm#i89708|website=The Peerage|accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref>

Upon his death in 1920, his son, Bowater George Hamilton Vernon, succeeded to the title, after which it became extinct.<ref name="rayment-bt"/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-harry-vernon | Mr Harry Vernon }}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = John Hodgetts-Foley |before2= Frederick Gough-Calthorpe }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for East Worcestershire | years = 1861–1868 |with = Charles Lyttelton (June 1868–November 1868) |with2= Frederick Gough-Calthorpe (1861–1868) }} {{s-aft| after= Charles Lyttelton |after2= Richard Amphlett }}

{{s-reg|uk-bt}} {{s-new|creation}} {{s-ttl | title = Baronet '''(of Hanbury Hall)''' | years = 1885–1920 }} {{s-aft | after = Bowater George Hamilton Vernon }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vernon, Harry Foley}} Category:UK MPs 1859–1865 Category:UK MPs 1865–1868 Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 201 Harry Category:1834 births Category:1920 deaths