Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke (born 29 March 1869 (London), died 16 December 1923) was a British peer and conservative politician.
He was the son of Colonel Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke and Geraldine Smith-Barry and educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He married Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury, daughter of Charles Addington Hanbury, on 2 July 1895. They had one son, John Henry Peyto Verney, who succeeded him as 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke.
The historian George Dangerfield described him as "a genial and sporting young peer, whose face bore a pleasing resemblance to the horse...He had quite a gift for writing, thought clearly, and was not more than two hundred years behind his time".[1] He wrote a book on foxhunting called "Hunting the Fox" , published in 1921.
He represented Rugby, Warwickshire as an MP from 1895-1900.
In 1921 he sold the family seat, Compton Verney House, to Joseph Watson(d.1922), a soap manufacturer from Leeds, who was elevated to the peerage in 1922 as 1st Baron Manton of Compton Verney. He retained an estate cottage in Kineton called Fox Cottage, which became his country residence.[2] On his death on December 16, 1923 his title passed to his son John Henry Peyto Verney.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Henry Peyton Cobb |
Member of Parliament for Rugby 1895 – 1900 |
Succeeded by Corrie Grant |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Henry Verney |
Baron Willoughby de Broke 1902-1923 |
Succeeded by John Henry Peyto Verney |