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*[http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1715-1754/member/vernon-thomas-1654-1721 History of Parliament]. | *[http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1715-1754/member/vernon-thomas-1654-1721 History of Parliament]. | ||
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903-4. | *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903-4. | ||
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Thomas VERNON 1654-1721
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Biographical Note
Son of Richard Vernon of Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire, a member of a long-established gentry family there, and Jane Carter. He inherited the family estates from his father in 1679. He was admitted at the Middle Temple in 1672, became a barrister in 1679, a bencher in 1703, and established a successful career as a Chancery lawyer. He was MP for Worcestershire, 1715-21.
Books
Vernon used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1703 (Franks 30349/*445). The extent of his library is not known; his will has no mention of books, and most of his property passed to a cousin, Bowater Vernon.
Sources
- Will of Thomas Vernon, the National Archives PROB 11/579/64.
- History of Parliament.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- Information from Vanessa Wright.