Verney baronets of Claydon House (1818)
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| Verney baronets, of Claydon House | |
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.svg) Escutcheon of the Verney baronets of Claydon House | |
| Motto | Ung sent, ung soleil (One faith, one sun) (Verney); Servata fides cineri (Faith kept with my ancestor) (Calvert) |
| Arms | Quarterly, 1st and 4th, azure on a cross argent fimbriated or, five mullets gules (Verney); 2nd and 3rd, paly of six erminois pean, a bend engrailed counterchanged (Calvert) |
| Crest | 1st, a demi-phoenix in flames proper, charged with five mullets in cross or and looking at rays of the sun (Verney); 2nd, out of a mural coronet, argent two spears erect, therefrom two pennons flowing towards the dexter, one erminois, the other pean (Calvert) |
The Calvert, later Verney baronetcy, of Claydon House in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 December 1818 for General Harry Calvert, for many years Adjutant-General of the Forces. The second Baronet assumed in 1827 the surname of Verney in lieu of Calvert.[1] He had succeeded to the Verney estates through his cousin Richard Calvert, who married Mary (née Nicholson), the widow of the Hon. John Verney, eldest son of Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney. Verney sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Buckingham and Bedford.
The 3rd Baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy and represented Buckingham in the House of Commons as a Liberal. The 4th Baronet was also a Liberal politician and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1914 to 1915. He was succeeded by his son, the 5th Baronet, a member of the Buckinghamshire County Council who served as Vice-Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. As 2026 the title is held by his only son, the 6th Baronet, who succeeded in 2001.
The family seat is Claydon House, near Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire.
