Charles Vernon (died 1762)

Sir Charles Vernon (c. 1683–1762), of Farnham, Surrey, was a British merchant and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1731 and 1761.

[1] Vernon, was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe on the interest of his nephew, Edmund Waller at a by election on 27 January 1731.

At the 1741 British general election, both seats at Wycombe were taken by the Wallers and Vernon did not stand.

At the 1747 British general election, Vernon was returned at Ripon on the interest of his son-in-law, William Aislabie, and was classed as ‘Opposition’.

[2] Vernon died on 4 April 1762, aged 78 leaving four sons and two daughters.