Ralph Verney, 1st Earl Verney (18 March 1683 – 4 October 1752), of Middle Claydon, near Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, known as The Viscount Fermanagh until 1742, was initially a Tory and later a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in two phases between 1717 and 1752.
[1] He was educated at Mrs Morland's school at Hackney from around 1695 to 1700 and matriculated at Merton College, Oxford in 1700.
[3][4] Verney succeeded his father as viscount and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords on 23 June 1717.
[1] The latter title was in the Peerage of Ireland and thus didn't prevent him from entering the British House of Commons.
[4] Verney did not sit in parliament for several years, but began to develop an electoral interest at Wendover.