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Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet PC, DL, JP (8 September 1801 – 12 February 1894)[1] was an English soldier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1832 and 1885. Background and educationBorn Harry Calvert, he was the oldest son of Sir Harry Calvert, 1st Baronet and his wife Caroline Hammersley, second daughter of Thomas Hammersley.[2] He was first educated at Harrow School, and then, aged fifteen, went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as one of its first cadets.[3] In 1826, he succeeded his father as baronet and in the following year, he changed his surname by Royal Licence to Verney to inherit the Verney family estates of his cousin Mary Verney, 1st Baroness Fermanagh.[4] From 1829, he studied at Downing College, Cambridge as a fellow-commoner,[5] befriending Adam Sedgwick and William Whewell.[6] CareerVerney joined the British Army for the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot in 1819 and was sent to the country's legation in the German states Württemberg and Baden, learning during this time German, French and Italian.[6] He returned to England in the following year and was allocated to the 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot.[6] From 1824, he served with the Grenadier Guards and from 1826 was private secretary in the office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.[3] Verney was meant to accompany Lord William Bentinck on his appointment as Governor-General of India, however during the journey was left ill in Rio de Janeiro, where he recovered, later hunting with natives in the Pampas and the Andes.[6] His voyage home led him around Cape Horn on board a ship commanded by Sir Michael Seymour, and in 1829 he arrived in England again.[6] Verney was promoted to major in 1831 and was transferred to the Royal Buckinghamshire Militia (King's Own) in 1844, retiring two years later.[3] Verney entered the British House of Commons in 1832, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham until 1841.[7] After a six-year break, he was successful for Bedford and represented it until 1852.[8] Verney was again returned for Buckingham in 1857 until the 1874 general election.[7] In 1880, he was reelected for the constituency for the following five years.[7] In 1885, in his final year in the House, Verney was sworn a Privy Counsellor.[3] Verney was nominated a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire and a Justice of the Peace for the same county.[18] He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and one of the founders of the Royal Agricultural Society.[6] Verney acted as chairman of the Buckinghamshire Railway Company and deputy chairman of the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Company.[9] FamilyOn 30 June 1835, he married firstly Eliza Hope, daughter of Admiral Sir George Johnstone Hope, and had by her four sons and three daughters.[10] After her death in 1857, Verney remarried secondly Frances Parthenope Nightingale, daughter of William Edward Nightingale and sister of Florence Nightingale, on 24 June 1858.[10] He died, aged 92 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son Edmund.[11] His youngest son Frederick was a diplomat and politician and father of Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Baronet.[12] LegacyVerney was unusual in the sense that he gave his name to two railway stations in England, namely Calvert and Verney Junction stations in Buckinghamshire.[13] Mount Verney, Sir Harry Peak and Sir Harry Range in British Columbia were also named after him.[14] To this day, one of the campuses of the University of Buckingham (housing the Law School) is named "Verney Park".[15] References1. ^Verney, M. M., revised by H. C. G. Matthew, "Verney, (formerly Calvert), Sir Harry, second baronet (1801-1894)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2018 {{subscription}} 2. ^{{cite book | last = Walford | first = Edward | title = The County Families of the United Kingdom | year = 1860 | publisher = Robert Hardwicke | location = London | pages = 656 }} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book | last = Debrett | first = John | title = Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage | publisher = Oldhams Press | location = London | year = 1893 | pages = 550 }} 4. ^{{London Gazette| issue = 18347 |page=724 | date = 27 March 1827 }} 5. ^{{acad|id=VNY829SH|name=Verney (formerly Calvert), Sir Harry, Bart.}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book | last = Lee | first = Sidney | publisher = Smith, Elder & Co. | title = Dictionary of National Biography | volume = vol. LVIII | year = 1899 | pages = 277–278 }} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB6.htm | title = Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons; Buckingham | accessdate =22 October 2009 }} 8. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB2.htm | title = Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Bedford | accessdate =22 October 2009 }} 9. ^1 {{cite book | last = Debrett | first = John | title = Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench | publisher = Dean & Son | location = London | year = 1881 | editor = Robert Henry Mair | pages = 233 }} 10. ^1 {{cite book | last = Lodge | first = Edmund | title = The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire | publisher = Hurst and Blackett | location = London | edition = 28th | year = 1859 | pages = 785 }} 11. ^{{cite book | last = Fox-Davies | first = Arthur Charles | title = Armorial families | location = Edinburgh | publisher = Grange Publishing Works | year = 1895 | pages = 996 }} 12. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p3421.htm#i34203 | title= ThePeerage – Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Bt | accessdate=10 January 2009}} 13. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/c/calvert/index.shtml | title = Subterranea Britannica – Calvert Station | accessdate =22 October 2009 }} 14. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=34814 | title = Government of British-Columbia, Official Website – Crown Registry and Geographic Base | accessdate =22 October 2009 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 15. ^http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/life/campusmaps External links
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