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.
VENABLES-VERNON, EDWARD, second son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b.; adm. 14 Mar 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1799; Capt. of the School 1803; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1804, matr. 16 May 1804, Westminster Student; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1805; d. 25 Jan 1806. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
VENABLES-VERNON, GEORGE CHARLES, 4th BARON VERNON, eldest son of Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (qv); b. 4 Dec 1779; known as George Charles Sedley 1779-1813; at school 1791 (Clapham); in school list 1795 (as Sedley); Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte c. 1790 - Jan 1796; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 20 Jan 1796; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Nov 1799; ret. 28 Oct 1802; assumed surnames of Venables-Vernon in lieu of Sedley 18 Jun 1813; succ. father as 4th Baron Vernon 20 Mar 1829; m. 25 Aug 1802 Frances Maria, only dau. of Adm. Sir John Borlase Warren, Bart., GCB GCH MP, Royal Navy; d. on board his yacht off Gibraltar 18 Nov 1835.
VENABLES-VERNON, GEORGE, 2ND BARON VERNON, eldest son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, and his first wife Hon. Mary Howard, dau. of Thomas Howard, 6th Baron Howard of Effingham; b. 9 May 1735; adm. Jul 1742 (Stephens'); left 1745; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 12 Jan 1753, matr. Easter 1755; MP Weobley 7 Dec 1757-61, Bramber 4 May 1762-8, Glamorgan 1768 - 21 Aug 1780; succ. father as 2nd Baron Vernon 21 Aug 1780; m. 1st, 16 Jul 1757 Hon. Louisa Barberina Mansel, dau. of Bussey Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel (qv, ?); m. 2nd, 25 May 1786 Georgiana, dau. of William Fauquier, St. Georgeís, Hanover Square, London; d. 18 Jun 1813.
VENNER, JOHN, son of William Venner, Lichfield, Staffs., and Mary ---; b.; in school list 1738; KS (aged 14) 1741.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.