Thursday, 22 February 2018
1832 Sir Harry Verney
Constituency : Buckingham 1910-18
Sir Harry succeeded his uncle Frederick at Buckingham.
Harry was the son of a previous Buckingham MP Edmund Verney and had just succeeded to his baronetcy. He stood for Basingstoke twice in 1906.
Harry was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture from 1914 to 1915. He then served in the war and became a lieutenant-colonel. He was awarded the DSO in 1918.
Harry stood for Skipton in 1922 and 1923 coming a fairly close second on both occasions.
Like his father Harry was convicted of sexual offences , in his case indecent assaults on boys in 1937 and 1954.
He died in 1974 aged 93. His younger son Stephen was Bishop of Repton.
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