James Vernon the Younger

James Vernon the Younger (15 June 1677 – 17 April 1756) was a British government official, courtier, diplomat and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710.

At the second general election of 1701, he and his father contested St Mawes, but were unable to overcome the established interest.

[1] At the 1708 British general election Vernon was returned as Whig Member of Parliament for Cricklade.

In early 1709 he supported the naturalization of the Palatines, and in 1710 voted for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell, later airing his dismay that Whig leaders had made such a fuss about ‘a factious preacher much below their notice’.

The post, worth £800 a year, made him ineligible to stand at the 1710 British general election.

Vernon disentangled himself from politics and chose to serve the Tory administration as an official.