He was the son of William Vestey, 1st Baron Vestey, and was educated at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1901.
[1] He served as Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1933.
[1] He succeeded to the title on his father's death in 1940.
He was a Justice of the Peace, and photographs of him by Lafayette are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
[2] In 1908, he married Frances Sarah Howarth, they had three children: On his death in 1954, he was succeeded by his grandson, Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey, son of William Vestey.