Roland Venables Vernon

Roland Venables Vernon, CB, (1877-1942) was a civil servant with the Colonial Office.

He attended Balliol College, Oxford, 1895-99.{{cite web |title=Theses and Undergraduate Work |url=https://archives.balliol.ox.ac.uk/Modern%20Papers/theses.asp#gsc.tab=0 |website=Balliol College Archives & Manuscripts |publisher=Balliol College |access-date=9 March 2025}}

In 1924 he was Assistant Secretary, Middle East Department of the Colonial office, and in the New Years Honours List he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath.

He was a member of the Palestinian Currency Board in which capacity he signed the bank notes issued by this body.{{cite web |title=63 - Palestine Currency Board, specimen £50, 30 September 1929, red... |url=https://www.spink.com/lot/18018000063 |website=www.spink.com |publisher=Spinks |access-date=9 March 2025}}

In 1929 he was appointed by the Colonial Office to the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux with responsibility for the colonies, protectorates and mandated territories.{{cite journal |title=Executive Council |journal=Imperial Agricultural Bureaux Annual Report |date=1931 |volume=2 |issue=Second Annual Report |url=https://www.indianculture.gov.in/flipbook/187151}}