Harry Lloyd Verney

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Born
Harry Lloyd Verney

(1872-01-23)23 January 1872
Died28 February 1950(1950-02-28) (aged 78)
EducationEton College
Spouse
Lady Joan Elizabeth Mary Cuffe
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(m. 1889)​
Children4, including
Frederick William Verney (uncle)
AwardsLegion of Honour

Sir Harry Lloyd Verney GCVO (23 January 1872 – 28 February 1950) was a British courtier who served in successive Royal Households of the United Kingdom.

Early life

Verney was the second, but eldest surviving, son and heir of Col. George Hope Verney (who assumed the additional surname of Lloyd in 1888) of The Cedars, Esher and Harriet Julia Morforwyn Hinde.[1] His father wrote the booklet Four-Handed Chess which was published in 1881.[2]

His father was the third son of Maj. Rt.-Hon.

Frederick William Verney, a diplomat and politician who was the father of his first cousin, Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Baronet.[5] His maternal grandfather was Maj.-Gen. Charles Thomas Edward Hinde.[1]

He was educated at Eton College.

Career

He held the office of

Private Secretary to Queen Mary from 1919 to 1935. He was also Queen Mary's Treasurer from 1932 to 1935.[8] Verney served as Extra Groom in Waiting to the Prince of Wales between 1931 and 1936,[9] when he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. He was an Extra Groom in Waiting to George VI
from 1937 to his death in 1950.

He was also an Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Personal life

He married Lady Joan Elizabeth Mary Cuffe (1877–1951), daughter of Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart and Lady Margaret Joan Lascelles (a daughter of Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood), on 6 June 1889.[1] Lady Joan was a Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Mary. They shared an interest in embroidery. They lived at of The Clochfaen in Llanidloes and were the parents of four children, including Major-General Gerald Lloyd-Verney DSO MVO. And Joan who married Hon Gustavus Hamilton- Russell son Of 9th Viscount Boyne and Lt-Col Ulick Verney OBE who married in 1929 Esme Smith- Ryland.

Verney died on 28 February 1950. His widow died 27 February 1951.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Desart, Earl of (I, 1793 - 1934)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. ^ Chess Variants
  3. ^ a b Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 785.
  4. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial families. Edinburgh: Grange Publishing Works. pp. 996.
  5. ^ "ThePeerage – Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Bt". Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  6. ^ "No. 27854". The London Gazette. 14 November 1905. p. 7595.
  7. ^ "No. 28383". The London Gazette. 10 June 1910. p. 4073.
  8. ^ "No. 33823". The London Gazette. 6 May 1932. p. 2957.
  9. ^ "No. 33724". The London Gazette. 9 June 1931. p. 3758.
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