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VERNON, FRANCIS, son of Francis Vernon, London, and Ann, widow of William Welby, Gedney, Lincs., and dau. of George Smithes, London, goldsmith [Alderman of London ?]; b.; adm.; KS 1649; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654, Westminster Student; BA 28 Jan 1657/8; MA 1660; a great traveller; on one of his expeditions he was taken by pirates and sold; Secretary to Embassy, Sweden 1668, Paris 1669-71; a medium of communication between French and English scientists; FRS 22 May 1672; travelled through Dalmatia and Greece to Persia; author, Oxonium, Poema; his MS journal for 8 Jul 1675 - 14 Sep 1676 is in the possession of the Royal Society; murdered near Ispahan, Persia, during a quarrel about a penknife 1677. DNB.

VERNON, Egerton Venables; b. 12 May 1893; adm. 29 Mar 1815 (Best's); d.

VERNON, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 11) Mar 1744 (Durand's); in school list 1752. [Probably Edward Vernon, son of James Vernon, and Lydia, dau. of Edward Purnell; bapt. St. Botolph, Bishopsgate 4 May 1732 (IGI)]

VERNON, EDWARD, son of John Vernon, Sudbury, Derbs., Quarter-Master General for Ireland, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Fulk Walwyn, Much Marcle, Herefs.; b.; adm.; KS 1683; left 1685; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 13 Feb 1685/6, aged 16, matr. 1686; MA Lambeth 1698; ordained; Rector of Redmile, Leics., from 10 Mar 1698; Rector of Muston, Leics., 12 May 1706-38; an antiquary; m. 9 Jul 1692 (IGI) Lettice, dau. of John Banks, Uttoxeter, Staffs.; d. 23 Dec 1742.

VERNON, EDWARD, second son of Right Hon. James Vernon MP, Watford, Herts., Secretary of State, and Mary, dau. of Sir John Buck MP; nephew of Francis Vernon (KS 1649, qv); b. 12 Nov 1684; adm. 1692 (D. Ford, Admiral Vernon and the Navy, 1907, 2); left 1700; entered Royal Navy as Kingís Letter Boy on HMS Shrewsbury 10 May 1700; Lieut., 16 Sep 1702; Cdr.; Capt., 22 Jan 1705/6; Rear-Adm.; Vice-Adm., 9 Jul 1739; Adm. of the White Apr 1745; commanded expedition to West Indies 1739-42; captured Porto Bello 22 Nov 1739, but failed at Cartagena, Cuba and Panama; in command in North Sea 1745; cashiered 11 Apr 1746, for attacking the Admiralty in anonymous pamphlets; MP Penryn 1722-34, Portsmouth 21 Feb - 27 Apr 1741, Ipswich from 1741; apostrophised as the “gallant Vernon” in Thomson’s Seasons, Summer, lines 1040-51; known in the navy as “Old Grog”, being the first to issue rum diluted with water; m. 15 Jul 1729 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Best, Chatham, Kent, brewer; d. 30 Oct 1757. Monument in Westminster Abbey. DNB.

Vernon, Denis Sydney Foster, son of Capt. Sydney Rutty Vernon, of High Wycombe, Bucks, by Janet Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick Pearce Foster, of Ealing; b. June 29, 1902; adm. April 26, 1918 (G); left Dec. 1920; Calico Printers' Association, Manchester; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 3, 1940; Flying Officer Oct. 3, 1941; temp. Flight­ Lieut. Jan. 1, 1943; Sqdn. Ldr.; m. June 5, 1930, Margaret Fraser, only daughter of Sir William Milligan, M.D., of Manchester; d. 19 June 1987.

VERNON, CHARLES, brother of Francis Vernon, 1st Earl of Shipbrook (I) (qv); bapt. St. Anne, Soho 15 Apr 1719 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1731/2; left 1735; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 25 Aug 1737; Lieut. and Capt., 7 Apr 1744; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 10 Jun 1753; ADC to George III 1 Mar 1761; Brevet Col., 17 Mar 1761; Major-Gen., 10 Jul 1762; Lieut. -Gen., 25 May 1772; Gen., 19 Feb 1783; Lieutenant of Tower of London from 31 May 1763; MP Tamworth 30 Nov 1768-74; m.; d. 3 Aug 1810.

VERNON, ---; b.; in school list 1754.

VERNON, ---; b.; in school lists 1746, 1747.

VERNON, ---; b.; adm. 15 Oct 1661, boarder (Busby’s Account Book); at school 1663 (“appears once as Varnam”)