Robert Verney, 17th Baron Willoughby de Broke explained

Robert John Verney, 17th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 25th Baron Latimer (7 October 1809 – 5 June 1862) (born Barnard) of Compton Verney in Warwickshire, was a peer in the peerage of England.

Origins

He was born Robert John Barnard on 7 October 1809, the eldest son of Reverend Robert Barnard (1760–1834), Prebendary of Winchester, Rector of Lighthorne, Warwickshire, for 47 years, Vicar of Witney, Oxfordshire, 2nd son of Rev. Thomas Barnard (1720-1781) (son of Rev. Thomas Barnard, headmaster of Leeds Grammar School), Rector of Withersfield in Suffolk[1] and of Newmarket St Mary and Chaplain-in-Ordinary (or "Chaplain-in-Waiting"[2]) to King George III in 1762.[3] His mother was Hon. Louisa Verney (1769-1835), daughter of John Peyto-Verney, 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke of Compton Verney. Lighthorn was a manor held by the Verney family since 1667,[4] and Lighthorn Church, rebuilt by the 14th Baron in 1772, contains their family burial vault.[5] Reverend Robert Barnard's mural monument survives in Lighthorn Church, also inscribed to his widow Hon. Louisa Verney.[6] The arms of Barnard (according to Burke) were: Argent, a bear rampant sable muzzled or,[7] today quartered by Lord Willoughby de Broke as Quarterly argent and gules, a bear sejant sable.[8]

Career

In 1852 he inherited the titles 17th Baron Willoughby de Broke and 25th Baron Latimer on the death of his uncle Henry Peyto-Verney, 16th Baron Willoughby de Broke (d.1852) and in 1853 was obliged to change his surname name to his maternal name of Verney as a condition of inheriting the Verney estates.

Marriage and children

On 25 October 1842, he married Georgiana Jane Taylor (b. in Dublin abt. 1824, d.1889), a daughter of Maj-Gen Thomas William Taylor (1782-1854), CB, of Ogwell House, West Ogwell in Devon, an officer of the Honourable East India Company at Madras, and later Lt-Gov of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst[9] and a Groom of the Bedchamber to King William IV. Their children included:[10] [11]

His sister-in-law Ann Frances Taylor married Sir Walter Palk Carew, 8th Baronet (1807–1874) of Haccombe in Devon.

Death and succession

He died on 5 June 1862 and was buried in the Verney vault in Lighthorne Church, Warwickshire, established by the 14th Baron. He was succeeded in the titles by his son Col. Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke.

Notes and References

  1. "Barnard of Bartlow", A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1, By John Burke, Bernard Burke https://books.google.com/books?id=C8fTAAAAMAAJ&dq=Thomas+Barnard+Rector+of+Withersfield&pg=PA55
  2. Web site: The Chapel Royal: Chaplains, 1660-1837 | British History Online. www.british-history.ac.uk. 8 May 2024.
  3. Web site: John Barnard's Family History Website.
  4. Sold by Philip Wenman, 3rd Viscount Wenman (1610–1686), brother-in-law of 8th Baron Willoughby de Broke https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/01d4b501-77ff-4a4c-94ed-6b576eca2f43
  5. http://www.lighthornehistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/LH195_E.pdf Light Horne History
  6. Web site: Louisa Verney Barnard (unknown-1845) - Find a.... www.findagrave.com. 8 May 2024.
  7. Burke, 1847
  8. Debrett's Peerage
  9. [John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt. Col. J.L.]
  10. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1851&indiv=try&h=9484988 Robert John Barnard
  11. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1861&indiv=try&h=21394200 Robert J. De Brook
  12. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2446&h=4374881 Baptismal Record of Robert Rennell
  13. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1904&h=14025502 Susan Emma Godman
  14. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1939UKRegister&indiv=try&h=31736701 John Godman
  15. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1904&h=2101541 Mabel Verney