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Thomas Vernon (1724 – 1771) was a landowner and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 (MP) in eighteenth century England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. He was the only son of Bowater Vernon (1683–1735), who inherited Hanbury Hall
Hanbury Hall

Hanbury Hall is a country house in the village of Hanbury, Worcestershire in Worcestershire, England, near Droitwich Spa.The manor of Hanbury was acquired by the Vernon family as a consequence of the marriage of Richard Vernon of Audley, Cheshire to the Hanbury heiress Frances Wylde, in 1584....
, Worcestershire
Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a county located in the West Midlands of central England. From 1974 to 1998 it was administered as part of Hereford and Worcester....
 and large estates in Hanbury
Hanbury, Worcestershire

Hanbury is a small rural village in Worcestershire, England near Droitwich Spa and the M5 motorway....
 and elsewhere, from his second cousin Thomas Vernon
Thomas Vernon (1654–1721)

Thomas Vernon, Chancery Lawyer 1665-1721Thomas Vernon was the great grandson of Rev Richard Vernon, and was descended from the Vernons of Whatcroft, who were related to the medieval Barons Vernon of Shipbrook, Cheshire....
 who had died childless. He was brought up in London
London

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 in the family home in New Bond Sreet
Bond Street

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, and was only 11 when his father died. After a spell at University College, Oxford
University College, Oxford

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, he was elected as an MP for the Worcester constituency
Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcester is a borough constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 in 1746 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Thomas Winnington.






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Thomas Vernon (1724 – 1771) was a landowner and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 (MP) in eighteenth century England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. He was the only son of Bowater Vernon (1683–1735), who inherited Hanbury Hall
Hanbury Hall

Hanbury Hall is a country house in the village of Hanbury, Worcestershire in Worcestershire, England, near Droitwich Spa.The manor of Hanbury was acquired by the Vernon family as a consequence of the marriage of Richard Vernon of Audley, Cheshire to the Hanbury heiress Frances Wylde, in 1584....
, Worcestershire
Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a county located in the West Midlands of central England. From 1974 to 1998 it was administered as part of Hereford and Worcester....
 and large estates in Hanbury
Hanbury, Worcestershire

Hanbury is a small rural village in Worcestershire, England near Droitwich Spa and the M5 motorway....
 and elsewhere, from his second cousin Thomas Vernon
Thomas Vernon (1654–1721)

Thomas Vernon, Chancery Lawyer 1665-1721Thomas Vernon was the great grandson of Rev Richard Vernon, and was descended from the Vernons of Whatcroft, who were related to the medieval Barons Vernon of Shipbrook, Cheshire....
 who had died childless. He was brought up in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in the family home in New Bond Sreet
Bond Street

Bond Street is a major shopping street in London which runs through Mayfair from Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. It is one of the principal streets in the West End shopping district and is more upmarket than nearby Regent Street and Oxford Street....
, and was only 11 when his father died. After a spell at University College, Oxford
University College, Oxford

University College , is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England. It is a contender for being the oldest of the colleges of the university, and is amongst the largest in terms of population....
, he was elected as an MP for the Worcester constituency
Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcester is a borough constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 in 1746 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Thomas Winnington. He continued to represent Worcester till 1761.

Vernon married Emma (1711-77), daughter of Vice Admiral Charles Cornwall of Berrington in Herefordshire
Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a Historic counties of England and Ceremonial counties of England Counties of England in the West Midlands Regions of England of England....
. It seems he first married her in the Mayfair Chapel, notorious for conducting clandestine marriages, and perhaps went through a second marriage when it became clear that a record of the first was not properly kept. No record of either marriage, of the christening of either of his children, Emma (1756–1818) or Thomas (born and died 1754), survives.

Thomas was regarded as more sensible than his profligate father Bowater, and spent the last part of his life managing the family estates which stretched over 10,000 acres (40 km²) in Hanbury
Hanbury, Worcestershire

Hanbury is a small rural village in Worcestershire, England near Droitwich Spa and the M5 motorway....
, Dodderhill
Dodderhill

Dodderhill is a civil parish just outside the village of Wychbold, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. It is home to Droitwich transmitting station....
, Feckenham
Feckenham

Feckenham is a village and civil parish in the Redditch in Worcestershire, England. It lies some three miles south-west of the town of Redditch and is around twelve miles north-east of the ancient city of Worcester....
 and Shrawley in Worcestershire, and in Shropshire and Warwickshire. He died suddenly in December 1771, and left as his heir his only surviving child Emma, who, in 1776, married Henry Cecil
Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter

Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter , known as Henry Cecil from 1754 to 1793 and as the Earl of Exeter from 1793 to 1801, was a United Kingdom Peerage and Member of Parliament....
, later Earl, then Marquis, of Exeter
Marquess of Exeter

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.