Augustus Venables-Vernon, 6th Baron Vernon

He was a naval cadet aboard the HMS Illustrious, on the North American station from 1841 to 1844. He served as captain in the Scots Fusilier Guards from 1850 to 1851.^[1] Upon the death of his father on 31 May 1866, he succeeded as the 6th Lord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton.^[2]

Lord Vernon served as president of the Royal Agricultural Society, which promoted the scientific development of English agriculture.^[2] At the time of his death, the family estates consisted of 6,154 acres in Derbyshire, 2,578 acres in Cheshire (worth £10,983 a year), and 1,069 in Staffordshire for a total of 9,801 acres worth £24,473 a year.^[1] The principal family seats were Sudbury Hall in Derby and Poynton Hall near Stockbridge.^[1]

On 7 June 1851, Venables-Vernon married Lady Harriet Frances Maria Anson (1827–1898) at Westminster St James.^[1] Lady Harriet was the third daughter of Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, and the former Louisa Barbara Catherine Philips (youngest daughter of Nathaniel Philips of Slebech Hall, Haverfordwest). Together, they were the parents of two sons and five daughters, including:^[2]

• Hon. Diana Venables-Vernon (1852–1920), who married, as his third wife, Charles Edmund Newton of Mickleover Manor, eldest surviving son and heir of William Leaper Newton, in 1896.^[2]
• Hon. Mildred Venables-Vernon (1853–1915), who married Hon. Henry Augustus Stanhope, third son of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, in 1878.^[2]
• George William Henry Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon (1854–1898),^[3] who married Frances Margaret Lawrance, a daughter of Francis C. Lawrance of New York City, in 1885.^[4]
• Hon. William Frederick Cuthbert Venables-Vernon (1856–1913), who married Louisa Frost, third daughter of Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost of the U.S. Army in 1884.^[2]
• Hon. Margaret Venables-Vernon (1865–1898), who married, as his first wife, the Rev. Frederick Tufnell, Vicar of Kilmersdon, Rector of Sudbury, third son of Edward Carleton Tufnell, in 1887.^[2]
• Hon. Alice Venables-Vernon (1868–1933), who married the Rev. Somerset Corry Lowry, in 1896.^[2]
• Hon. Adela Venables-Vernon (1870–1931), who married her second cousin, once removed, Rear-Admiral Algernon Horatio Anson, fourth son of Sir John Anson, 2nd Baronet, in 1896.^[2]

Lord Vernon died on 1 May 1883 at Brown's Hotel, 17 Dover Street in Mayfair, London, and was buried at Sudbury.^[1] He was succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, George. His widow died on 15 February 1898.^[2]

Lord Vernon had his portrait painted several times, including one in the collection of Stockport Heritage Services,^[5] and another by Angiolino Romagnoli, done in 1884 that today is displayed at Sudbury Hall.^[6]