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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, 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.

VENABLES-VERNON, GEORGE, 2ND BARON VERNON, eldest son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, and his first wife Hon. Mary Howard, dau. of Thomas Howard, 6th Baron Howard of Effingham; b. 9 May 1735; adm. Jul 1742 (Stephens'); left 1745; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 12 Jan 1753, matr. Easter 1755; MP Weobley 7 Dec 1757-61, Bramber 4 May 1762-8, Glamorgan 1768 - 21 Aug 1780; succ. father as 2nd Baron Vernon 21 Aug 1780; m. 1st, 16 Jul 1757 Hon. Louisa Barberina Mansel, dau. of Bussey Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel (qv, ?); m. 2nd, 25 May 1786 Georgiana, dau. of William Fauquier, St. Georgeís, Hanover Square, London; d. 18 Jun 1813.

VANE, HENRY, 2ND EARL OF DARLINGTON, eldest son of Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, and Lady Grace Fitzroy, third dau. of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Cleveland; nephew of Hon. Randyll Vane (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1736 (Lloyd's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1744; MA Cambridge 30 Jul 1748/9; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 11 Apr 1745; Lieut. and Capt., 22 Feb 1746/7; 2nd Foot Guards 6 Feb 1749/50; ret. May 1758; Col. Durham Militia 26 Oct 1759, with rank of Col. in the Army during service 2 Jul 1779; MP Downton 24 Nov 1749 ñ Apr 1753, Co. Durham 11 May 1753 ñ 6 Mar 1758; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Darlington 6 Mar 1758; Lord Lieut., Co. Durham, from 11 Jul 1758; Master of the Jewel Office 29 Jan 1763 ñ 11 Jul 1782 (office abolished); Governor of Carlisle from Aug 1763; m. 19 Mar 1757 Margaret, dau. of Robert Lowther, Governor of Barbados, and sister of James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale; d. 8 Sep 1792.

VANE, HON. FREDERICK, brother of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (qv); b. 26 Jun 1732; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Watts'); KS 1746; still at school 1749; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jan 1749/50, matr. 1750; reprimanded by Vice-Chancellor for interfering with Senior Proctor in exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster club dinner, presided over by Thomas Francklin (qv), 17 Nov 1750; MP co. Durham 1761-74; Deputy Treasurer, Chelsea Hospital; of Sellaby, co. Durham; m. 1st, 15 Jun 1758 Henrietta, sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); m. 2nd, 1796 Jane, dau. of Arthur Lysaght, and niece of John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle (I); d. 28 Apr 1801.

Van Straubenzee, Sir William Radcliffe, son of Brig. Arthur Bowen van Straubenzee DSO MC RA, and Margaret Joan, d. of Alexander Nelson Radcliffe of Bag Park, Widecombe-in-the­Moor, Devon; b. 27 Jan. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (G); left July 1942; RA 1939-45 (Maj. DAA and QMG Far East); adm. solicitor Mar. 1952, practised in London; chmn. Young Conservatives 1951-3; hon. sec. Westminster Boys’ Club 1952-65, chmn. 1965-8; MBE 1954; contested (Cons. ) Clapham 1955; MP (Cons. ) Wokingham 1959-87; PPS to Min. of Education 1960-2; Parliamentary under-sec. State, Ministry of Education and Science 1970-2; Minister of State, Northern Ireland 1972-4; knighted 1981; member, House of Laity, Church Assembly, Church of England 1965-70, General Synod 1975-87; a Church commissioner 1968-87, Second Church Estates Commissioner 1979-87; d. 2 Nov. 1999.

UPTON, HON. ARTHUR PERCY, brother of Hon. Fulke Greville Howard (qv); b. 13 Jun 1777; adm. 26 Jun 1786; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 6 Nov 1793; Lieut. and Capt., 2 Dec 1795; Maj., 13th Foot 7 May 1807; Lieut. -Col., 7th West India Regt., 14 May 1807; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 21 May 1807; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1814; 1st Maj., 25 Jul 1814; Major-Gen., 19 Jul 1821; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Gen., 11 Nov 1851; served in the Netherlands 1794, the Helder and Walcheren expeditions, and in Peninsular War 1811-4; CB 4 Jun 1815; Equerry to Queen Charlotte May 1807-18; MP Bury St. Edmunds 1818-26; played in first match between Gentlemen and Players at Lordís Jul 1806, and in most of the principal cricket matches of that time; d. unm. 22 Jan 1855.

UNIACKE-PENROSE-FITZGERALD, SIR ROBERT UNIACKE, BART., eldest son of Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald (formerly Penrose), Corkbeg Island, co. Cork, Ireland, and Frances Mary, dau. of Rev. Robert Austin LLD, Prebendary of Cloyne; b. 10 Jul 1839; adm. 26 May 1853 (G); Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Jan 1859, matr. Lent 1859; won the University Pairs with James Penrose Ingham (qv) 1860; rowed v. Oxford 1861, 1862; LLB 1863; LLM 1872; travelled in India and Tibet 1863-7; MP (Conservative) Cambridge 1885-1906; assumed additional surname of Uniacke 26 Jun 1896; created baronet 4 Aug 1896; President, Yacht Racing Association; of Corkbeg Island, co. Cork; DL JP co. Cork; Busby Trustee 25 May 1889; m. 13 Sep 1867 Jane Emily, eldest dau. of Gen. Sir William John Codrington GCB; d. 10 Jul 1919.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (in school list 1764, qv); b. 21 Oct 1785; in school list 1801; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 May 1803; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards (Blue) 5 Sep 1805; Lieut., 6 Aug 1807; Capt., 29 Aug 1811; Junior Maj., 22 Jun 1820, Senior Maj., 24 Jul 1823; Brevet Maj., 18 Jun 1815; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 22 Jun 1820; retired May 1826; served at battle of Waterloo; MP Amersham 21 Nov 1810-32; m. 22 Aug 1832 Emma, second dau. of Joseph Thompson Halsey MP, Great Gaddesden, Herts.; d. 21 Dec 1848.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (in school list 1764, qv); b. 16 Mar 1783; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1820); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Feb 1801; MA 15 Jun 1803; MP Amersham 31 Jan 1805-32; of Shardeloes, Amersham, Bucks.; DL JP Buckinghamshire, High Sheriff 1836; for many years Master, Bicester Foxhounds; m. Oct 1814 Barbara Caroline, dau. of Arthur Annesley MP, Bletchingdon Park, Oxfordshire; d. 21 Mar 1852.