'Verney2'
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Families covered: Verney of Allexton, Verney of Compton Verney, Compton Lords Willoughby de Broke
[Much of this page was previously within the original Verney1, now called Verney3. It was moved here to facilitate expansion.]
| Sir Richard Verney of Compton Verney (b 1563, d 07.08.1630) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Grevillle, de jure Baroness Willoughby de Broke (b c1561, d 26.03.1631, dau of Sir Fulke Greville, de jure 5th Lord Willoughby de Broke) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Greville Verney of Compton Verney, de jure 7th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b c1586, d 12.05.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.05.1618) Catherine Southwell (b c1593, d 13.04.1657, dau of Sir Robert Southwell of Woodrising by Elizabeth Howard) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Greville Verney of Compton Verney, de jure 8th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 1619, d 09.12.1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wenman (d c02.1649, dau of Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount of Tuam) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Greville Verney, de jure 9th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 26.01.1648/9, d 23.07.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1667) Diana Russell (b 09.04.1652, d 13.12.1701, dau of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Verney, de jure 10th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 12.06.1668, d unm 23.08.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Sir Richard Verney of Belton and Allexton, Sheriff of Rutland, 11th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 28.01.1621, d 18.07.1711, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.1651) Mary Pretyman (bpt 22.08.1631, bur 17.08.1663, dau of Sir John Pretyman, 1st Bart of Lodington) | |||||||||||||||
| Sir Richard's claim to the barony of Willoughby de Broke was granted on 13.02.1695/6. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Verney of Allexton (b c1652, dvpsp 31.10.1707, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1683) Christian Breton (b c1661, dau of John Breton of Norton) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (dvp) - John (b c1685, d 15.05.1700), Greville (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Verney, 12th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 10.03.1660/1, d 26.12.1728, Dean of Windsor) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.12.1683/8) Margaret Heath (d 18.10.1729, dau of Sir John Heath of Braisted) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Verney (b 1691, dvp 05.05.1710, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Leigh (d 08.01.1756, dau of Thomas Leigh, 2nd Lord of Stoneleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Eleanor Verney (b 1710, dsp 14.12.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.10.1724) George Bowes of Streatlam Castle and Gibside (b c1701, d 17.09.1760) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Richard Verney, 13th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 1693, d 11.08.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Penelope Packe (bpt 14.09.1699, dsp 31.08.1718, dau of Clifton Packe of Prestwold by Penelope Bate) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 1735) Margaret or Elizabeth Walker (b c1702, d 22.01.1767, dau of Nehemiah Walker or Williams of Newport) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Verney (dvp infant before 1735) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | John Verney (b c1700, d 05.08.1741, Attorney General, Master of the Rolls) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Abigail Harley (dau of Edward Harley of Eywood or Eyewood) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Verney, later Peyto-Verney, 14th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 04.08.1738, d 15.02.1816) | ||||||||||||||
| John inherited Chesterton from his relative Margaret Peyto. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (08.10.1761) Louisa North (b 23.03.1736/7, d 02.04.1798, dau of Francis North, 1st Earl of Guildford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Peyto-Verney, 15th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 28.06.1762, dsp 01.09.1820) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry Peyto-Verney, 16th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 05.04.1773, dsp 16.12.1852, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.03.1829) Margaret Williams (b c1800, d 03.08.1880, dau of Sir John Williams, 1st Bart of Boddelwyddan) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Louisa Verney (b 20.06.1769, d 03.02.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.10.1793) Robert Barnard (b 1760/1, d 25.02.1834, prebendary of Winchester) | |||||||||||||||
| Their son became 17th Lord Willoughby de Broke and assumed the name Verney. | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - George (b 25.06.1763, d infant), Francis (b 13.05.1772, d infant), Louisa (b 25.01.1765, d infant), Sarah (b 31.05.1767, d 22.12.1767), Maria (b 24.07.1771, d young), William (b 16.09.1774, d 04.11.1783), Francis (b 22.05.1777, d 12.1778), Henrietta (b 16.06.1778, d 02.1784) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Margaret Verney (d 09.10.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.01.1715-6) Anthony Duncombe of Bartford, Lord Feversham (b c1695, d 18.06.1763) | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - George (b 13.10.1689, dvp 16.03.1696/7), Philip (b 1690, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Davenport of Calveley (b 26.01.1652, bur 31.03.1695) | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Thomas (b 1676, dvp unm), 3 sons and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Dove (bur 17.09.1730, dau of Thomas Dove of Upton) | |||||||||||||||
| ix. | Richard Verney (b c1676, d unm 23.06.1698) | ||||||||||||||
| x. | Diana Verney (d 28.09.1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c10.1684) Sir Charles Shuckburgh, Bart of Shuckburgh (b 1659, d 02.09.1705) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth or Margaret Verney (bpt 10.10.1622) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward (not William) Peyto of Chesterton | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - John (d 02.08.1620), George of London (b 1627-8, d unm 20.02.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Verney of the Middle Temple | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Berkeley of Cotheridge | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Verney | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Compton Verney (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | George Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Triphena Sheffield (dau of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mugrave0 | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Mary Verney (d c1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Samwell of Upton & Gayton (b c1590, d 1668) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Anne Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Breton of Norton | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Margaret Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Shirley | |||||||||||||||
| 7.+ | other issue (d unm) - Richard, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Willoughby de Broke), Collins (1812, vol 6, Willoughby de Broke) with support from TCP (Willoughby de Broke)
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