Leicester Viney Vernon

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

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by-election victory was itself the subject of a petition, which he did not defend,[4] but the petition was subsequently withdrawn.[5]

At the next general election, in 1857, he stood instead in Berkshire, where did not win a seat.[6] 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.[6] He died the following year, aged 61.[7]

From his uncle Robert Vernon he inherited Ardington House, in Ardington, Berkshire.[8]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 21451. p. 1773. 24 June 1853. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b 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. 
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 21461. p. 2057. 26 July 1853. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  5. ^ Craig, op. cit., page 83
  6. ^ a b Craig, op. cit., page 351
  7. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  8. ^ "Parishes: Ardington". A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 (1924). 1924. pp. 269–272. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62713. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Mark Frederick Smith		 Member of Parliament for Chatham
1853 – 1857		 Succeeded by
John Mark Frederick Smith
Preceded by
George Henry Vansittart
Robert Palmer
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie		 Member of Parliament for Berkshire
1859 – 1860
With: John Walter 1859–1865
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie 1857–1865		 Succeeded by
Richard Benyon
John Walter
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie