Henry Vernon (April 1686 – 25 February 1719), of Sudbury, Derbyshire, was an English landowner and politician.
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Early life
Vernon was born in April 1686 as the only surviving son of George Vernon (1635–1702), MP for Derby, and his third wife, Catherine Vernon. His father had previously been married to Margaret Oneley (daughter and heiress of Edward Oneley) and Dorothy Shirley (daughter of Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet, of Staunton Harold Hall).
His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Vernon of Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire and Muriel Vernon (daughter of heiress of Sir George Vernon, Judge of Common Pleas). Eleven generations of Vernons lived at Haslington Hall until his grandmother Muriel married her distant cousin, Sir Henry Vernon and their estates merged. His paternal uncle, Henry Vernon, was MP for Stafford from 1711 to 1715 and his son, Vernon's first cousin, Henry Vernon, was MP for Lichfield and Newcastle-Under-Lyme from 1761 to 1762 who was the father of Henrietta Grosvenor. His maternal grandparents were Ann Weston (daughter of Henry Weston of Ockham, Surrey) and Sir Thomas Vernon, London merchant and MP for City of London, Among his maternal uncles were Thomas Vernon, MP for Whitchurch, and Sir Charles Vernon, MP for Chipping Wycombe and Ripon. His maternal aunt Judith was the wife of Dr. Stephen Waller of Hall Barn and John Aislabie, Chancellor of the Exchequer under George I, in 1713.