Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de Broke

Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 15th Baron Latimer (1586 – 12 May 1642) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622. In 1631 he inherited a peerage.

Verney was the son of Sir Richard Verney (died 1630) and his wife Margaret (née Greville) Verney, 6th Baroness Willoughby de Broke (c1561-1631).[1] In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Warwick. He was re-elected MP for Warwick in 1621.[2] He inherited the title 7th Baron Willoughby de Broke and 15th Baron Latimer on the death of his mother in 1631. He was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1635.

On 13 May 1618 Verney married Catherine Southwell, daughter of Sir Richard Southwell. Upon his death, on 12 May 1642, the title passed to his son, Greville Verney.

References

  1. ↑ Thepeerage
  2. ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 166-239.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
John Townsend
William Spicer		 Member of Parliament for Warwick
1614-1622
With: John Townsend 1614
John Coke 1621-1622		 Succeeded by
Sir Edward Conway
Francis Lucy
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Margaret Verney		 Baron Willoughby de Broke
1631-1642 		Succeeded by
Greville Verney


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