James Vernon the Younger
James Vernon the Younger (15 June 1677 – 17 April 1756)[1] was a British diplomat and civil servant, briefly a Member of Parliament
He was the son of James Vernon, who was Secretary of State under William III.
He served as British envoy to Denmark from 1702 to 1707[2] and then as Member of Parliament for Cricklade from 1708 to 1710.[1] However, most of his career was as a civil servant. He was an extra clerk of the Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council from 1697, becoming one of the Clerk of the Privy Council in 1715, a post he held for the rest of his life.[3]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1702 [4]
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| Preceded by | British envoy to Denmark 1702–1707 |
Succeeded by Daniel Pulteney |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Cricklade 1708–1710 With: Edmund Dunch |
Succeeded by Samuel Robinson Edmund Dunch |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ The National Archives Catalogue, SP75/24-25
- ↑ Officeholders in modern England.
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