Francis Vernon, 1st Earl of Shipbrook

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Francis Vernon, 1st Earl of Shipbrook

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Death: 1783 (67-68)
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Son of James Vernon and Arethusa Vernon (nee Boyle)
Husband of Alice Vernon (nee Ibbetson)
Brother of Henry Vernon
Half brother of James Vernon the Younger; Admiral Edward "Old Grog" Vernon; Theodosia Vernon and Mary Vernon

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About Francis Vernon, 1st Earl of Shipbrook

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Francis Vernon, 1st Earl of Shipbrook (1715 – 15 October 1783), known as The Lord Orwell between 1762 and 1776 and as The Viscount Orwell between 1776 and 1777, was an English politician.

Vernon was the son of James Vernon by his second wife Arethusa, daughter of Charles Boyle, Lord Clifford. James Vernon and Edward Vernon were his elder half-brothers. Vernon sat as Member of Parliament for Ipswich from 1762 to 1768. In 1762 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Orwell, of Newry in the County of Down. He was further honoured when he was made Viscount Orwell in 1776 and Earl of Shipbrooke in 1777, also in the Irish peerage.

He married Alice, daughter of Samuel Ibbetson of Denton Park, Yorkshire. Their son, Francis (1752-1760) died early.

Lord Shipbrooke died in October 1783 when all the titles became extinct.

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