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, 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.
Verdon, Philip, son of Henry Walter Verdon, M.D., of Streatham, Surrey; b. Feb. 22, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (H); left April 1901; Jesus College Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1912; B.Ch. (Camb.) 1923; won silver medal for rowing (men's coxless pairs) at the 1908 London Olympics; served in Great War I; Capt. R.A.M.C. Dec. 1, 1916; Lieut. Indian Medical Service Aug. 8, 1917; Capt. Dec. 7, 1918; Major Dec. 1, 1927; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 1, 1935; professor in ophthalmology, Madras, S. India 1935-40; served in World War II, consulting ophthalmologist, India, with rank of Colonel, 1943; m. Feb. 28, 1922, Doris Kathleen, youngest daughter of Maj. Gen. W. Hendley, C.S.J., K.H.S., of Cambridge; d. June 18, 1960.
Ventura, John Miguel Thomas, son of Capt. Albert Ventura, Vice-Consul of the Dominican Republic, and Rosetta, d. of Nathan Nathan of Forest Gate, Essex; b. 14 Sept. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (H); left Dec. 1928; a manufacturer's agent; m. 14 Dec. 1960 Carol, d. of Leonard Augus tine Litten, PLA officer, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex; d. 15 Sept. 1997.
Vécsey, Oscar George Ludwig, son of Charles Vécsey, of London; b. May 11, 1898; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left Dec. 1912.
Veale-Byland, Sidney, son of Hon. Dep. Surg. Gen. Henry Richard Lobb Veale, M.D.; b. July 22, 1873; adm. April 27, 1887 (H); left July 1889; Univ. Coll. School 1889-90; assumed the additional surname of Byland; R.M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Welsh Regt. Jan. 28, 1893; Indian Staff Corps March 28, 1894; Lieut. 5th Madras N.I. April 28, 1895, Wing Officer Aug. 28, 1895; on duty in Russia 1897; attached 20th Madras N.I. Feb. 28, 1898; Dep. Asst. Commy. Gen. on probation at Karachi June 27, 1898; d. at Poona, Feb. 6, 1899.
VARLEY, FREDERICK JOHN, eldest son of John Varley, Stanley Gardens, London, solicitor, and Sophia, dau. of Samuel Varley, Stanningley, Yorks.; b. 4 May 1872; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (H); QS 1885; left (with Triplett) Jul 1891; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1891, scholar 19 Jan 1892 [check]; BA 1894; MA 1898; appointed Indian Civil Service 1894; arrived in India 25 Nov 1895; Assistant Magistrate and Collector, Bombay; Second Assistant Oct 1903, First Assistant Apr 1909; Sessions Judge Sep 1910 - Jan 1916, ret.; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 16 Jun 1920; migr. to Lincoln’s Inn; author, Rules and Regulations of the Stock Exchange, 1925, and other works; m. 4 Oct 1902 Mary Myfanwy, sister of Evan Lorimer Thomas (qv, vol. III); d. 1948 [or 1949 ?]
Van der Pant, Francis Neville, son of Francis Henry Morgan Van der Pant, of London, by Isabel Mary, daughter of Thomas Frost Hawkins, of Great Cornard, Suffolk; b. Jan. 15, 1900; adm. April 30, 1914 (H); left July 1918; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. (M T.) Oct. 28, 1918; Guy's Hospital; L.D.S., R.C.S. 1923; in practice in London; served in Great War II as Capt. Army Dental Corps, in charge of Dental Centre, Lincoln Barracks, also Dental Surgeon, Military Hosp., Lincoln May 1941 - Dec. 1943; m.; d. 1975.
Van der Gucht, Claude, youngest son of Charles John Van der Gucht, of Maida Vale, by Susan Rosalie, daughter of William Henry Hodding, M.R.C.S., of London; b. June 22, 1878; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); Q.S. 1893; left Feb. 1897; joined the Bombay Burma Trading Corpn. Ltd., Rangoon, Nov. 1898; local manager at Moulmein 1911-26; Consul for Siam at Moulmein 1914-26; m. Sept. 17, 1903, Florence Isabel, daughter of George Roberts, of Hobart, Tasmania, d. Nov. 26, 1946.
Valli, Vermondo Frederick, son of Camillo Constant Valli and Louise, d. of William Conrad Gaisberg of Washington DC; b. 14 July 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (H); left July 1936; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1936, BA 1939, MA 1943; RA 1941-6 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; man. dir. Coty (England) Ltd 1962; vice-pres. Rexall (Europe) 1967-71; gen. man. Proprietary Perfumes Ltd (France) 1972; m. 9 Feb. 1945 Catherine Anstice, d. of Ven. Edgar Francis Hall, Archdeacon of Totnes, Devon; d. 1 Sept. 2000.