VERIARD, FRANCIS; b.; adm. (aged 12) Aug 1717; in under school list 1718.
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.
Verdier, Arthur James, son of James William Verdier, of Balham, Surrey, by Alice Laird, daughter of Thomas Moore; b. Feb. 14, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (R); left March 1923; an accountant; has abandoned the use of the name James; d. 1972.
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.
VENNER, WILLIAM, brother of John Venner (qv); bapt. St. Mary, Lichfield 17 Jul 1732; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1743/4; left 1745; foundation scholar, Charterhouse Sch. 1746 - Jul 1749, when he was removed for “notorious misbehaviour”.
VENNER, JOHN, son of William Venner, Lichfield, Staffs., and Mary ---; b.; in school list 1738; KS (aged 14) 1741.
VENABLES-VERNON, HON. JOHN, son of Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (qv), and his second wife; b. 8 Mar 1798; known as John Sedley 1798-1813; adm. Christmas 1812; Min. Can. 1812; left 1813; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jun 1816, Canoneer Student 1816-22; BA 1820; MA 1823; ordained deacon (York) 16 Dec 1821, priest (Chester, lit. dim. from York) 1822; Prebendary of Southwell 19 Oct 1826-9; Rector of Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts., from 6 Jun 1829; Rector of Nuthall, Notts., from 19 Sep 1837; m. 1st, 24 Nov 1830 Frances Barbara, second dau. of Thomas Duncombe, Copgrove, Yorks.; m. 2nd, 15 Dec 1853 Caroline, fourth dau. of Hon. Sir Edward Paget (qv); d. 12 Dec 1875.
VENABLES-VERNON, HENRY, 3RD BARON VERNON, eldest son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, and his third wife Martha, sister of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (qv); half-brother of George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (qv); b. 7 Apr 1747; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1815); Page of Honour to George III 16 Jan 1760 - Feb 1764; Groom of the Bedchamber to George III 23 Apr 1770 - Jun 1809, Master of the Robes 1 Jun 1809 - Mar 1812; assumed surname of Sedley 27 Mar 1779, on inheriting estates of his wife’s father, Sir Charles Sedley, Bart. (qv); resumed former surnames on succeeding half-brother as 3rd Baron Vernon 18 Jun 1813; m. 1st, 16 Feb 1779 Elizabeth Rebecca Anne Nash, natural dau. of Sir Charles Sedley, Bart. (qv); m. 2nd, 29 Nov 1795 Alice Lucy, second dau. of Sir John Whitefoord, Bart.; d. 20 Mar 1829.