Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney
Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney (18 March 1683 – 4 October 1752),[1] styled The Honourable from 1703 to 1717 and subsequently known as The Viscount Fermanagh until 1742, was an Irish peer and Tory politician.
Background
Born at Little Chelsea, Verney was the only surviving son of John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh and his first wife Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Ralph Palmer.[2] He was baptised in Kensington.[2]
Career
In 1717, Verney succeeded his father as viscount and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords.[2] The latter title was in the Peerage of Ireland and thus didn't prevent him from entering the British House of Commons in the same year, having been elected for Amersham.[1] He represented the constituency until 1727 and was returned to Parliament for Wendover in 1741.[1] A year later he was created Earl Verney, in the Province of Leinster.[3]
Family
Verney married Catherine, eldest daughter of Henry Paschall in St Giles in the Fields.[4] The couple had two sons and two daughters.[4] His wife died in 1748 and Verney survived her by four years, dying at his birthplace; both were buried in Middle Claydon.[4] His older son John having predeceased him in 1737 he was succeeded in his titles by his second son Ralph.[4] John's daughter Mary was raised to the Peerage in her own right in 1792.[5]
Notes
References
- Cokayne, George Edward (1890). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. vol. III. London: George Bell and Sons.
- Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall, ed. The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. vol. I. Dublin: James Moore.
- Beatson, Robert (1806). A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. III. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme.
- Sedgwick, Romney (1970). The House of Commons, 1715-1754. vol. II. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The 1st Viscount Fermanagh Montague Garrard Drake |
Member of Parliament for Amersham 1717 – 1727 With: Montague Garrard Drake 1717–1722 Thomas Chapman 1722–1727 |
Succeeded by Montague Garrard Drake Baptist Leveson-Gower |
| Preceded by The Viscount Limerick John Hampden |
Member of Parliament for Wendover 1741 – 1752 With: John Hampden |
Succeeded by The 2nd Earl of Verney John Hampden |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Earl Verney 1742 – 1752 |
Succeeded by Ralph Verney |
| Preceded by John Verney |
Viscount Fermanagh 1717 – 1752 | |