Sir Harry Vernon, 1st Baronet

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Harry Vernon

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|image = British School - Sir Harry Foley Vernon (1834–1920), 1st Bt, MP - 414262 - National Trust.jpg

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|caption =

|office = Member of Parliament
for East Worcestershire

|parliament =

|majority =

|term_start = 20 December 1861

|term_end = 25 November 1868

|alongside = Charles Lytellton (June 1868–November 1868)
Frederick Gough-Calthorpe (1861–1868)

|predecessor = John Hodgetts-Foley
Frederick Gough-Calthorpe

|successor = Charles Lyttelton
Richard Amphlett

|birth_name =

|birth_date = 11 April 1834

|birth_place =

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1920|02|01|1834|04|11}}

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|restingplace =

|residence = Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire

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|nationality = British

|party = Liberal

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|parents = Thomas Taylor Vernon
Jessie Anna Letitia Foley

|spouse = {{marriage|Lady Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton|17 October 1861}}

|relatives =

|children = Three, including Bowater George Hamilton Vernon

}}

Sir Harry Foley Vernon, 1st Baronet (11 April 1834 – 1 February 1920){{Rayment-hc|w|1|date=March 2018}}{{Rayment-bt|v|date=March 2018}} was a British Liberal Party politician.

Early life

Born in 1834, Vernon was the son of Thomas Taylor and Jessie Anna Letitia (née Foley) Vernon.

Career

Vernon was elected Liberal MP for East Worcestershire at a by-election in 1861—caused by the death of John Hodgetts-Foley—and held the seat until 1868 when he did not seek re-election.{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}

Vernon was created a Baronet of Hanbury Hall in 1885, in recognition of the way he managed his estate during the Great Depression of British Agriculture.{{cite web|title=The Vernon family of Hanbury Hall|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hanbury-hall-and-gardens/features/-the-vernon-family-of-hanbury-hall|website=National Trust|accessdate=24 March 2018}}

Personal life

File:British School - Lady Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton (1839–1928), Lady Vernon - 414277 - National Trust.jpg

In 1861, he married Lady Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton, daughter of George and Georgina (née Markham) Baillie-Hamilton and they had at least three children: Auda Letitia (1862–1957); Bowater George Hamilton (1865–1940); and Herbert Edward (1867–1902).{{cite web|title=Sir Harry Foley Vernon, 1st Bt.|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p8971.htm#i89708|website=The Peerage|accessdate=24 March 2018}}

Upon his death in 1920, his son, Bowater George Hamilton Vernon, succeeded to the title, after which it became extinct.