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Vaughan, Edward Anthony Williams, son of Edward Geoffrey Williams Vaughan, by Clare A. S., daughter of the Rev. James Shuttleworth Holden, Rector of Aston-on-Trent, co. Derby; b. June 22, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (G); left Dec. 1909.

VAUGHAN, HENRY, youngest son of Rev. Edward Protheroe Vaughan, Rector of Wraxall, Somerset, and Harriet, only dau. of Rev. John Hensman, Rector of Clifton, Gloucs.; b. 24 Aug 1848; adm. 24 Jan 1861 (G); left Sep 1861; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1867; BA 1871; MA 1874; ordained deacon 1870, priest 1871 (both Salisbury); Curate, Mere, Wilts., 1871-2, Datchet, Bucks., 1872-4, Savernake, Wilts., 1872-4; Vicar of Easton Royal, Wilts., 1875-7; Curate, Wraxall, Somerset 1877-91, Rector from 1891; Prebendary of Wells from 1904; m. 18 Aug 1874 Ellen Christine, second dau. of John Crake, The Lawn, Datchet, Bucks.; d. 31 Dec 1920.

VAVASSEUR, ROBERT, eldest son of James Vavasseur, Knockholt, Kent, silk manufacturer, and Helen, dau. of Rev. Robert Moffat DD, missionary in South Africa for London Missionary Society; b. 4 Jul 1865; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (G); QS 1880; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1884, matr. 10 Oct 1884; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1886, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1888; BA 1888; killed in Mashonaland, South Africa Jun 1896.

Vecqueray, Charles Augustus Cokayne, son of E. G. Vecqueray, of Blackheath, Kent; b. April 26, 1888; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (G); left Easter 1905; served in Great War I; temp. Lieut. A.S.C. Aug. 15, 1917; Capt.; Inspector of M.T. in France and Belgium Aug. 1917 - March 1918, when he was invalided; Inspector of M.T. in Great Britain June 1918 - May 1919; A.M.I.M.E.; chairman of committee, Market Harborough Sqdn., Air Training Corps; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1949; d. 1971.

Veitch, John Gould, second son of John Gould Veitch, of Merton, Surrey, by Jane Hodge; b. July 19, 1869; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (G); left July 1887; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 6, 1887); B.A. 1890; M.A. 1894; played football (Assoc.) for Cambridge 1888-91 and for England against Wales 1894; m. Dec. 16, 1903, Dorothy Maud widow of Carl Richard G. le Doux and sister of C. H. Gregory (q.v.); d. Oct. 3, 1914.

Venables, Arthur John, son of Alfred O. Venables; b. Oct. 25, 1882; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (G); left July 1900; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1903; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E. April 6, 1909; director of Hack Saws Ltd., Sheffield; m. Feb. 11, 1925, Alaïde Carlina Maria Banti.

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.

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.

VINCENT, ARTHUR FREDERICK, eldest son of Rev. Sir Frederick Vincent, Bart., Rector of Slinfold, Sussex, and Prebendary of Chichester, and his second wife Maria Copley, dau. of Robert Herries Young, Auchenspragh, Dumfriesshire; b. 6 Jun 1845; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (G); Min. Can. 1860; left Dec 1861; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Oct 1864; LLB 1869; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1 May 1871; equity draftsman and conveyancer; two English Literature prizes at the School were founded in his memory by his mother; d. at Cannes, France 2 Apr 1875.

VINCENT, SIR (CHARLES EDWARD) HOWARD, brother of Arthur Frederick Vincent (qv); b. 31 May 1849; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Aug 1865; RMC Sandhurst Nov 1866; Ensign, 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; ret. Aug 1873; Special Correspondent, Daily Telegraph, at Berlin in 1871 and during Russian-Turkish War 1876; adm. Inner Temple 3 May 1873, called to bar 26 Jan 1876; South-Eastern Circuit; Director of Criminal Investigations, Metropolitan Police 1878-84; Col. -Commandant, Queenís Westminster Volunteers 1884-1904, later Hon. Col., VD; MP (Conservative) Sheffield Central from 1885; member, Metropolitan Board of Works 1888-9, London County Council 1889-96; one of the British delegates to Anti-Anarchist Conference, Rome 1898; ADC to Edward VII from 1901; CB 23 Jan 1886; knighted 17 Jan 1896; KCMG 3 Jun 1899; DL JP Co. London, JP Middlesex, Berkshire; a consistent advocate of imperial protection, founding in 1891 the United Empire Trade League, of which he was Hon. Secretary; Chairman, National Union of Conservative Associations 1895; the Acts of Parliament dealing with the probation of first offenders, 1887, and for the appointment of a public trustee, 1906, were mainly due to his persistence; author, A Police Code and Manual of Criminal Law, 1882, and other works; m. 26 Oct 1882 Ethel Gwendoline, second dau. of George Moffatt MP, Goodrich Court, Herefordshire; d. at Menton, France 7 Apr 1908. DNB.