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Robert Vernon Vernon

Born: 23 February 1800

Died: 10 November 1873

1st Baron Lyveden - 25 June 1859

Knighted - 1879

Member of Privy Council - 1841

husband of Lady Emma Mary Fitzpatrick

son of Carolina Maria Vernon

son of Robert Percy Smith

Christ Church, Oxford (- 1822)

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	24 November 1830	21 November 1834
Secretary to the Board of Control	April 1835	1839
Under Secretary of State for the Colonies	1839	1841
Secretary at War	6 February 1852	21 February 1852
President of the Board of Control	3 March 1855	21 February 1858

9 June 1829	Tralee	Whig	Unopposed
13 August 1830	Tralee	Whig	Unopposed
24 November 1830 Resignation of Robert Smith on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury.
4 December 1830	Tralee	Whig	Unopposed
May 1831	Northampton	Whig	1,383	57.53
13 December 1832	Northampton	Whig	1,321	54.90
9 January 1835	Northampton	Whig	1,119	70.33
26 July 1837	Northampton	Whig	1,095	56.97
30 June 1841	Northampton	Whig	990	65.26
30 July 1847	Northampton	Whig	841	53.60
6 February 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Smith on appointment as Secretary at War.
11 February 1852	Northampton	Whig	823	63.16
8 July 1852	Northampton	Whig	855	53.94
3 March 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Smith on appointment as President of the Board of Control.
5 March 1855	Northampton	Whig	Unopposed
30 March 1857	Northampton	Whig	1,079	58.01
30 April 1859	Northampton	Liberal Party	1,143	57.76
25 June 1859 Elevation of Rt Hon Robert Smith to the Peerage - Baron Lyveden.