Thomas Vernon (1631-1711)

Sir Thomas Vernon (10 December 1631 – 10 February 1711) was a London merchant and director of the East India Company who served in the Parliament of England.

Sir Thomas Vernon
Member of Parliament for City of London
In office
1690–1695
Preceded byPatience Ward
Robert Clayton
Thomas Pilkington
William Ashhurst
Succeeded byRobert Clayton
William Ashhurst
Thomas Papillon
Personal details
Born(1631-12-10)10 December 1631
Died10 February 1711(1711-02-10) (aged 79)
Spouse
Ann Weston
(m. 1660; died 1702)
RelationsSir George Vernon (brother)
Henry Vernon (grandson)
Edmund Waller (grandson)
Harry Waller (grandson)
Children12
Parent(s)Henry Vernon
Joan Winter

Early life

Vernon was baptized on 10 December 1631. He was the second son of Henry Vernon (d. 1657) of Farnham, Surrey, by Joan Winter, a daughter of John Winter of Preshaw, Corhampton.[1] His elder brother was Sir George Vernon who succeeded to their father's estates in 1657.[2]

Career

The son of a Surrey gentleman, Vernon established himself as a leading Turkey trader in London. He was a member of the Levant Company in 1657, assistant from 1663 to 1670, 1684 to 1685, 1686 to 1691, 1693, 1697 to 1698, Husband from 1671 to 1683. He also served as assistant to the Royal African Company from 1672 to 1674, 1677 to 1679, and from 1682 to 1684. He was a member of the Eastland Company in 1687.[1]

A Freeman, Haberdashers' Company in 1661, Master in 1685. He was a common councilman for London from 1676 to 1680, 1682 to 1683, 1691 to 1693, 1696, and auditor 1683 to 1684.[1] He was elected to the Parliament of England to represent the City of London from 1690 to 1695.

Vernon was knighted on 8 March 1685.[1]

Personal life

Portrait of his wife, Anne Weston, by John Riley, c.1660
Portrait of his daughter, Arabella, Lady Rushout, by Michael Dahl, c.1700

On 13 December 1660, Vernon married Ann Weston (d. 1702), a daughter of Henry Weston of Ockham, Surrey and sister of John Weston, MP for Guildford and Surrey.[3] Together, they had four sons, including one who predeceased him, and eight daughters. By January 1703 he had settled in Sudbury, Derbyshire, the home of his son-in-law George Vernon.[1]

Sir Thomas died on 10 February 1711 and the bulk of his estate, which included a lease of the rectory of Farnham, Surrey, passed to his eldest surviving son, Thomas.

Descendants

Through his daughter Catherine, he was the grandfather of Henry Vernon (1686–1719), MP for Staffordshire and Newcastle-under-Lyme who married Anne Pigott and was the father of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon.[11]

Through his daughter Judith, he was a grandfather of Edmund Waller (c.1699–1771), MP for Wycombe and Great Marlow,[12] and Harry Waller (c.1701–1772), MP for Chipping Wycombe.[13]

Through his son Charles, he was a grandfather of Elizabeth Vernon, who married, as his second wife, her step-cousin, William Aislabie, MP for Ripon. William's first wife was Lady Elizabeth Cecil (a daughter of John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter).[14]

References

  1. Gauci, Perry. "VERNON, Sir Thomas (1631-1711), of St. Stephen Coleman Street, London, and Sudbury, Derbys". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. "VERNON, Sir George (c.1630-92), of West Street, Farnham, Surr". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  3. "WESTON, John (1651-aft.1714), of Ockham, Surr". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. "VERNON, George I (1635-1702), of Sudbury Hall, Derbys". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  5. "VERNON, Thomas (1666-1726), of Twickenham Park, Mdx". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  6. "Arabella Vernon, Lady Rushout (d.1705) 653147". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. National Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  7. "RUSHOUT, Sir James, 2nd Bt. (?1676-1705), of Northwick Park, Worcs. and Maylords, Essex". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  8. Cokayne, George Edward (1906) Complete Baronetage. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. LCCN 06-23564. p. 1
  9. "FURNESE, Sir Henry (1658-1712), of Waldershare, Kent, and Dover Street, Westminster". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  10. "Aislabie, John (1670–1742), politician". www.oxforddnb.com. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-252;jsessionid=db994cd768791b155c742feba6c58334. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  11. Brooke, John. "VENABLES VERNON, George (1709-80), of Sudbury, Derbys. and Kinderton, Cheshire". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  12. "WALLER, Edmund (c.1699-1771), of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  13. "WALLER, Harry (c.1701-72), of Lincoln's Inn and Grosvenor St., London". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  14. "AISLABIE, William (?1699-1781), of Studley Royal, nr. Ripon, Yorks". historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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