Leicester Viney Vernon

Leicester Viney Vernon (1798 – 14 April 1860)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician from Berkshire.

Vernon's home: Ardington House, near Wantage in Berkshire.

He was originally Leicester Viney Smith.[2] Elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham in Kent a by-election in June 1853,[3][4] after the result of the 1852 general election in the constituency were overturned on petition.[4] Vernon's by-election victory was itself the subject of a petition, which he did not defend,[5] but the petition was subsequently withdrawn.[6]

At the next general election, in 1857, he stood instead in Berkshire, where did not win a seat.[7] He was returned to the House of Commons after a two-year absence at the 1859 general election, when Berkshire's 3 MPs were elected unopposed.[7] He died the following year, aged 61.[8]

From his uncle Robert Vernon he inherited Ardington House, in Ardington, Berkshire.[9]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  2. Whittingham, Selby. "Vernon, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28247. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. "No. 21451". The London Gazette. 24 June 1853. p. 1773.
  4. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 82. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. "No. 21461". The London Gazette. 26 July 1853. p. 2057.
  6. Craig, op. cit., page 83
  7. Craig, op. cit., page 351
  8. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  9. "Parishes: Ardington". A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 (1924). 1924. pp. 269–272. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frederick Smith
Member of Parliament for Chatham
18531857
Succeeded by
Frederick Smith
Preceded by
George Henry Vansittart
Robert Palmer
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie
Member of Parliament for Berkshire
18591860
With: John Walter 1859–1865
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie 1857–1865
Succeeded by
Richard Benyon
John Walter
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie


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