VERNON, JOHN, younger brother of Henry Vernon (qv); b. 20 Jan 1720; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1727/8; left 1733; d. at Cairo, Egypt 16 May 1747. [Identification seems clear, despite discrepant age given in admission register, as he and Henry Vernon (qv) were adm. same month and left in same year].
Vernon, John Campion, 1885-1950
Vernon, John Campion, brother of Frank Allardyce Vernon (q.v.); b. Feb. 21, 1885; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (H); left Easter 1904; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1904; enlisted in H.A.C. Aug. 8, 1914; Sergt.; served in Belgium and France Sept. 1914 - June 1915; wounded at St. Eloi May 24, 1915; secretary of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers 1931-49; m. Sept. 29, 1923; Gladys Bedington Windsor, daughter of Frederick Windsor Richards, of Leeds; d. July 27, 1950.
Vernon, John Anthony Benedict, 1916-2011
Vernon, John Anthony Benedict, brother of Denis Sydney Foster Vernon (qv); b. 3 Aug. 1916; adm. May 1930 (B); left Apr. 1934; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA; lntell. Corps in WW2 (Maj.), seconded Political Warfare Executive; staff of British Inst. Rome, later of UN High Commissioner for Refugees Geneva; international staff NATO 1952, dep. Dir. of Information 1978; OBE 1982; m. 21 May 1949 Susanna Mary Josephine Catherine, d. of Maj.-Gen. Boleslaw Wienawa Dlugoszowski, Polish Ambassador to Rome; d. 15 Oct. 2011.
VERNON, JAMES, son of Edward Vernon (adm. 1692, qv); b. 6 Nov 1730; adm. (aged 10) May 1741 (Levett's); left 1748; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 5 Jan 1749/50, but did not matr.; reprimanded by the Vice-Chancellor for interfering with the Senior Proctor in the exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster Club dinner at which Thomas Francklin (qv) presided, 17 Nov 1750; d. 25 Jul 1753, on his return from the south of France.
VERNON, HENRY, eldest son of Henry Vernon MP, Hilton, Staffs., and Penelope, second dau. of Robert Phillips, Newton Regis, Warwicks.; b. 13 Sep 1718; adm. Feb 1727/8; left 1733; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 17 May 1735, matr. 1735; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Jan 1738/9; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40, with Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bart. (qv); member, Society of Dilettanti 1742; MP Lichfield 29 Jan - 8 Apr 1754, 15 Jan 1755-61, Newcastle under Lyme 1761 - Dec 1762; a Commissioner of Excise from Dec 1762; of Hilton Park, Wolverhampton, Staffs.; m. 26 Dec 1743 Lady Henrietta Wentworth, youngest dau. of Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford; d. 25 May 1765.
Vernon, Frank Allardyce, 1883-?
Vernon, Frank Allardyce, son of John N. and Amy Snowden Vernon, of London; b. May 12, 1883; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (H); left July 1901; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Berks Regt. June 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in Belgium and France March 1916 - Aug. 1919; m. 1St Nov. 2, 1909, Violet Naomi, only daughter of John Adams, of Chiswick, Middlesex; 2nd Aug. 5, 1929, Valentine, daughter of Charles Dopagne.
VERNON, FRANCIS, 1ST EARL OF SHIPBROOK (I), second son of James Vernon, Great Thurlow, Suffolk, Envoy to Court of Denmark and a Commissioner of Excise, and Hon. Arethusa Boyle, dau. of Charles Boyle, 1st Baron Clifford of Lanesbrough [check]; nephew of Edward Vernon (adm. 1692, qv); bapt. St. Anne, Soho 27 Apr 1716 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jan 1724/5; in school list 1731; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Feb 1731/2, scholar 12 May 1732, matr. 1732, readm. as fellow commoner 30 Sep 1754 [sic, check]; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1737; Grand Tour; Leyden Univ., adm. 20 Jun 1732; member, Society of Dilettanti 1739; Extra Clerk, Privy Council 30 Nov 1738 - May 1757, Clerk 19 May 1757 - 22 Apr 1762; Commissioner, Victualling Office 27 Jul 1747- 20 Mar 1761; MP Ipswich 1761-8; created Baron Orwell (I) 7 Apr 1762; a Commissioner of Trade and Foreign Plantations 28 Dec 1762 - Jul 1765; created Viscount Orwell (I) 21 Jul 1776 and Earl of Shipbrook (I) 8 Feb 1777; m. 18 Jan 1747/8 Alice, dau. of Samuel Ibbetson, Denton, Yorks.; d. 15 Oct 1783.
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, 1803-?
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)]