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VIALLS, HENRY THOMAS, second son of Thomas Vialls (qv); b. 31 Oct 1821; adm. 19 Jan 1836 (Scott's); rowed v. Eton 4 May 1837; Ensign, 45th Foot 25 Dec 1838; Lieut., 20 Nov 1840; Capt., 30 Aug 1844; Maj., 28 May 1853; ret. 1854; JP Somerset; m. 26 Apr 1853 Helen Maria, sister of Henry Bull Strangways (qv); d. 11 Mar 1892.

VIALLS, GEORGE COURTENAY, youngest son of Thomas Vialls (qv); b. 26 Feb 1824; adm. 3 Jul 1837 (Scott's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 May 1841, matr. 1841; Ensign, 95th Foot 30 Jan 1843; Lieut., 22 May 1846; Capt., 25 Mar 1853; Brevet Maj., 6 Jun 1856; Maj., 29 May 1857; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 20 Jul 1858; Col., 26 Sep 1865; Major-Gen., 26 Mar 1870; ret. 21 Jul 1882, with hon. rank Lieut. -Gen.; served in Crimean War (severely wounded at battle of Inkerman 5 Nov 1854) and in Indian Mutiny; CB 2 Jun 1877; m. 8 Jun 1850 Sophie Louisa, youngest dau. of Sir Henry Thomas Oakes, Bart.; d. 10 Nov 1893.

VIALLS, CHARLES MARSH, eldest son of Thomas Vialls (qv); b. 17 Jun 1819; adm. 8 Jul 1833 (Scott's); rowed v. Eton 12 May 1836, 4 May 1837; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Feb 1837; although Captain of the Third Trinity Boat, he was also a member of the First Trinity (Ball, History of the First Trinity Boat Club, 1908, 37); President, Cambridge Univ. Boat Club 1840; rowed v. Oxford 1840, 1841; BA 1843; MA 1847; m. 3 Jan 1863 Charlotte Jane, dau. of Gen. Richard Podmore, Osborne House, Cheltenham, Gloucs., EICS Madras; d. 30 Sep 1905.

Vey, Frank Hamilton, son of S. Hamilton Vey, of Blundellsands, Liverpool, by Emily Agnes, daughter of Albert Elliott, of Sheffield; b. Oct. 13, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); migrated up Grants; left July 1907; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1916; Surg. R.N. Nov. 7, 1916; Surg. Lieut. Commr. Nov. 2, 1922; Surg. Cdr. Nov. 7, 1928; m. March 4, 1920, Emily Hilda, third daughter of Capt. George Miller Wingate, R.A.

Vey, David Christopher Leslie, brother of Frank Hamilton Vey (q.v.); b. July 24, 1890; adm. April 30, 1903 (H); migrated up Grant's; left July 1908; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. 1911; M.B. and B.Ch. 1923; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1914; served in France in Great War I; Capt. R.A.M.C. Sept. 19, 1914; mentioned in despatches; M.C. March 3, 1917; trained in Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hosp.; House Surgeon, Central London Eye Hosp.; D.O. (Oxon.); practised in ophthalmology till retirement in 1937; m. Oct. 1937, Victoria Louise Conrad.

VEVERS, RICHARD WILLIAM, eldest son of Richard Vevers (qv); b. 25 Nov 1778; adm.; KS 1793; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1797, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1797, scholar 20 Apr 1798; BA 1801; MA 1816; EI Maritime Service; 6th mate, ship Walmer Castle 1805/6; ordained; Vicar of Marton and of Great Carlton, Lincs., 25 Jun 1812; Rector of Somersal Herbert, Derbs., 15 Oct 1821; Rector of Cubley and Marston Montgomery, Derbs., from 2 Mar 1832; m. Frances Stanhope Darby, natural dau. of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield; d. 24 Jan 1858.

VERNON, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS 1682; d. at school.

VERNON, JOHN; b.; adm.; at school Mich. 1804 (Clapham); left 1806.

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, 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.