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.
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, 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, Egerton Venables; b. 12 May 1893; adm. 29 Mar 1815 (Best's); d.
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, 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, 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, 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.
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; b.; adm.; at school Mich. 1804 (Clapham); left 1806.