Английская Википедия:George Venables-Vernon, 8th Baron Vernon

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Captain George Francis Augustus Venables-Vernon, 8th Baron Vernon (28 September 1888 – 10 November 1915), styled The Honourable George Venables-Vernon from 1888 to 1898, was a British soldier and diplomat.

Early life

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Baron Vernon coat of arms

Lord Vernon was born on 28 September 1888 into the prominent Vernon family.[1] He was the eldest son of George Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon, and Frances Margaret Lawrance (a daughter of Francis C. Lawrance, of New York City).[2][3] His sister, Frances Lawrance Venables-Vernon, married Maurice Raoul-Duval and his younger brother, Francis Venables-Vernon, was a British soldier.

Lord Vernon served as a Page at the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902.[1] He was educated at Eton College before attending Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

Career

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The north-east facade of Sudbury Hall

Lord Vernon was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of the Derbyshire Yeomanry in 1906, a Lieutenant in 1912 and Captain 1914. He entered the Diplomatic Service, being Honorary Attaché at Constantinople in 1908 and in Munich in 1909 until the outbreak of the War. He served in World War I from 1914 until his death in 1915, when he contracted dysentery whilst on active service in Gallipoli.[1]

Personal life

Lord Vernon died at Malta on 10 November 1915 from dysentery contracted while on service in Gallipoli.[4] He was succeeded in the barony, along with around Шаблон:Convert of land in Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire,[5][6] by his younger brother Francis.[7]

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, pps. 3999-4000.
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  5. Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, Шаблон:Page needed
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