Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet (25 October 1782-20 January 1871), was a British soldier and politician.
Verner was the son of Colonel James Verner and of Jane Clarke. He married Harriet Wingfield, daughter of Colonel the Hon. Edward Wingfield and Harriet Esther Westenra, on 19 October 1819, and fought at the Battle of Corunna the Battle of Orthes, the Battle of Toulouse, and the Battle of Waterloo, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 7th Hussars. He was Member of Parliament for County Armagh between 1832 and 1868 and was created a Baronet, of Verner's Bridge in the County of County Armagh, on 22 July 1846 and was also a Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order.[1]
For more on the Verner's activities and rise to power in County Armagh see'Two Hundred Years in the Citadel' at http://orangecitadel.blogspot.com/