Verney baronets of Claydon House (1818)

Verney baronets, of Claydon House
Motto	Ung sent, ung soleil (One faith, one sun) (Verney); Servata fides cineri (Faith kept with my ancestor) (Calvert)
Arms	Quarterly, 1st and 4th, azure on a cross argent fimbriated or, five mullets gules (Verney); 2nd and 3rd, paly of six erminois pean, a bend engrailed counterchanged (Calvert)
Crest	1st, a demi-phoenix in flames proper, charged with five mullets in cross or and looking at rays of the sun (Verney); 2nd, out of a mural coronet, argent two spears erect, therefrom two pennons flowing towards the dexter, one erminois, the other pean (Calvert)

The Calvert, later Verney baronetcy, of Claydon House in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 December 1818 for General Harry Calvert, for many years Adjutant-General of the Forces. The second Baronet assumed in 1827 the surname of Verney in lieu of Calvert.[1] He had succeeded to the Verney estates through his cousin Richard Calvert, who married Mary (née Nicholson), the widow of the Hon. John Verney, eldest son of Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney. Verney sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Buckingham and Bedford.

The 3rd Baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy and represented Buckingham in the House of Commons as a Liberal. The 4th Baronet was also a Liberal politician and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1914 to 1915. He was succeeded by his son, the 5th Baronet, a member of the Buckinghamshire County Council who served as Vice-Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. As 2025 the title is held by his only son, the 6th Baronet, who succeeded in 2001.

Claydon House

The family seat is Claydon House, near Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire.

Verney baronets, of Claydon House (1818)

Escutcheon of the Verney baronets of Claydon House

• Sir Harry Calvert, 1st Baronet (died 1826)[1]
• Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet (1801–1894)[1]
• Sir Edmund Hope Verney, 3rd Baronet (1838–1910)[2]
• Lt.-Col. Sir Harry Calvert Williams Verney, 4th Baronet, DSO (1881–1974)[3]
• Sir Ralph Bruce Verney, 5th Baronet, KBE (1915–2001)[4]
• Sir Edmund Ralph Verney, 6th Baronet (born 1950)[5]

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Andrew Nicholas Verney (born 1983).[5]

Extended family

George Hope Lloyd-Verney (who assumed the additional surname of Lloyd in 1888), third son of the 2nd Baronet, was a colonel in the Army. He wrote the booklet Four-Handed Chess which was published in 1881.[6] His son Sir Harry Lloyd-Verney was Treasurer and Private Secretary to Queen Mary. His son Gerald Lloyd-Verney (1900–1957) was a major-general in the Irish Guards. His son Peter Vivian Verney (b. 1930) is an author.

The Right Reverend Stephen Edmund Verney, younger son of the 4th Baronet, was Bishop of Repton (Suffragan Bishop for the Diocese of Derby). Sir Lawrence John Verney, youngest son of the 4th Baronet, was a judge.

Notes

1. Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 628–629.
2. "Verney, Sir Edmund Hope". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. "Verney, Sir Harry (Calvert Williams)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. "Verney, Sir Ralph (Bruce)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. "Verney, Sir Edmund Ralph". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. Chess Variants

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Farrington baronets	Verney baronets of Claydon House 3 December 1818	Succeeded by Gordon baronets