Leicester Viney Vernon

Vernon's home: Ardington House, near Wantage in Berkshire.

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

He was originally Leicester Viney Smith.[2] Elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham in Kent a by-election in June 1853,[3][4] after the result of the 1852 general election in the constituency were overturned on petition.[4] Vernon's by-election victory was itself the subject of a petition, which he did not defend,[5] but the petition was subsequently withdrawn.[6]

At the next general election, in 1857, he stood instead in Berkshire, where did not win a seat.[7] 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.[7] He died the following year, aged 61.[8]

From his uncle Robert Vernon he inherited Ardington House, in Ardington, Berkshire.[9]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
2. Whittingham, Selby. "Vernon, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28247. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. "No. 21451". The London Gazette. 24 June 1853. p. 1773.
4. 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.
5. "No. 21461". The London Gazette. 26 July 1853. p. 2057.
6. Craig, op. cit., page 83
7. Craig, op. cit., page 351
8. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
9. "Parishes: Ardington". A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 (1924). 1924. pp. 269–272. Retrieved 29 June 2010.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Leicester Vernon
• WorldCat page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Frederick Smith	Member of Parliament for Chatham 1853 – 1857	Succeeded by 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