Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet, KCH (25 October 1782 – 20 January 1871), was a British soldier who served in the Napoleonic wars, was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo and resigned as a colonel.

[1][4][5] Verner was wounded by a musket shot to the head at Waterloo[6] and retired from the army with the rank of colonel.

[1][2][4] A supporter of the Protestant Orange Order, he was once struck off the Commission of the Peace by Lord Normanby for toasting the Battle of the Diamond at a public dinner in Ireland.

[1] They were: Following the Battle of Waterloo, and seeing his father in failing health, he took over the running of the family estate, named Churchill, which included the house, a church with a bell inscribed to the Virgin Mary,[nb 2] and graveyard.

[8] Since William was only 5 years old in 1788, his parents James and Jane moved into the home with their family and were guardians of the residence until 1807.

[1] During the Great Famine of Ireland (1845–1852), Verner offered work to any of his tenants in need and reduced rents by as much as half.

[1] In 1837, he was also made Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order by Sir Robert Peel[5] or William IV.