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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, 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, 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, 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.

Vernham, Noel Marshall, only son of James Marshall Vernham, of Wimbledon, by Mary, daughter of Frederick Giles, of the Stock Exchange, London; b. Dec. 22, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left July 1914; enlisted in P.S. Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 4, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. East Surrey Regt. March 9, 1915, attached 1st Batt.; went out to the western front March 19, 1916; killed in action at Longueval July 28, 1916.

VEREKER, HON. STANDISH WILLIAM PRENDERGAST, third son of Standish Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort (I), and Hon. Caroline Harriet Gage, third dau. of Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage (qv); b. 23 Feb 1854; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Aug 1870; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1873; joined Light Frontier Horse at outbreak of Zulu War; Lieut., Natal Contingent; killed at battle of Isandula 22 Jan 1879.

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.