He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms under William Gladstone from 1892 to 1894.

[2] He was the eldest surviving son of Augustus Henry Venables-Vernon, 6th Baron Vernon, and his wife Lady Harriet Frances Maria Anson (1827–1898).

[3] He succeeded his father in the barony in 1883, when he inherited around 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land in Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

[8] On 14 July 1885, Lord Vernon married Frances Margaret Lawrance at St George's, Hanover Square in London.

Together, they were the parents of:[3] He died in December 1898, aged 44,[2] and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, George.