About Leicester Viney Vernon
Lived 1798 – 1860 (aged 61–62). Leicester Viney Vernon was a British politician.
Leicester Viney Vernon (1798 – 14 April 1860) was a British Conservative Party politician from Berkshire.
He was originally Leicester Viney Smith. Elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham in Kent a by-election in June 1853, after the result of the 1852 general election in the constituency were overturned on petition. but the petition was subsequently withdrawn.
At the next general election, in 1857, he stood instead in Berkshire, where did not win a seat. 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.
From his uncle Robert Vernon he inherited Ardington House, in Ardington, Berkshire.
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Leicester Viney Vernon was born in 1798.
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Leicester Viney Vernon died on 14 April 1860.
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