Thomas Vernon (merchant)

Sir Thomas Vernon (10 December 1631 – 10 February 1711) was a London merchant and director of the East India Company who served in the Parliament of England.

[1] His elder brother was Sir George Vernon who succeeded to their father's estates in 1657.

[2] The son of a Surrey gentleman, Vernon established himself as a leading Turkey trader[clarification needed] in London.

By January 1703 he had settled in Sudbury, Derbyshire, the home of his son-in-law George Vernon.

[13] Through his son Charles, he was a grandfather of Elizabeth Vernon, who married, as his second wife, her step-cousin, William Aislabie, MP for Ripon.

Portrait of his wife, Anne Weston, by John Riley, c. 1660
Portrait of his daughter, Arabella, Lady Rushout, by Michael Dahl , c. 1700