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33-496: Verney may refer to: People [ edit ] Verney family Luís António Verney , Portuguese philosopher, theologian, and pedagogue Anne-Charlotte Verney , French racing and rally driver Russ Verney , American political advisor Places [ edit ] Beth-Eden , also known as Verney, a heritage-listed house in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Verney Junction ,

66-550: A highly visible 225 kW Vestas V29 wind turbine , nicknamed "Lofty" alongside the M25. Kings Langley School is the local comprehensive school , situated on Love Lane to the west of the village. Kings Langley was also the site of a Waldorf School , the Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley which closed in 2019. This was built on the grounds of the old palace. There was a small display cabinet of finds from

99-496: A soldier of fortune and a buccaneer , converted to Islam and died at Messina in hospital in extreme poverty, and Sir Edmund Verney (1590–1642) of Middle Claydon. Sir Edmund accompanied Prince Charles and Buckingham on the abortive mission to Madrid in 1623, and was knight-marshal to King Charles I . When the English Civil War broke out the royal standard was entrusted to him at Nottingham , and while defending it he

132-533: A New Year's day gift in 1506. Sir Ralph died in 1528 and is buried at Kings Langley in Hertfordshire; his chest tomb with effigies of the couple survive in All Saints' Church . The other contemporary and younger Ralph Verney, according to some sources, was his nephew, the son of John Verney. Sir Edmund Verney of Pendley (died 1600) left two sons, half-brothers, Sir Francis Verney (1584–1615), who became

165-577: A hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England Verney Junction railway station , a disused railway station in Buckinghamshire, England Verney Lake , a lake in Aosta Valley, Italy Lac du Verney , a lake in Isère, France Business [ edit ] Verney-Carron , a French weapon manufacturer See also [ edit ] Vernay (disambiguation) Verny (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

198-444: A number of mock tudor houses for the workers on the nearby Shendish Manor estate. A community hall was also built for the workers in 1909 as a memorial to Arthur Longman, the owner of the estate; it was originally intended as a chapel of ease to avoid the long walk to the parish church. Further west along the lane is Phasels Wood Scout Camp and Activity Centre which opened in 1937. Kings Langley FC , as of 2023/2024, play in

231-416: Is descended in the male line from Felix Calvert (1596–1674) of Little Hadham , Hertfordshire. The Right Hon. Sir Harry Verney, 2nd baronet (1801–1894), was the son of General Sir Harry Calvert , G.C.B., created a baronet in 1818. He assumed the name of Verney in compliance with the will of Mary Verney, 1st Baroness Fermanagh , mentioned above. This lady died unmarried, leaving the paternal estates and

264-409: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Verney family The pedigree of Verney of Middle Claydon commences with Ralph de Verney ( fl. 1216–1223), but the fortunes of the family were made by Sir Ralph Verney (c. 1410–1478). After settling in Buckinghamshire in the 13th century, the family had purchased Middle Claydon by the 1460s and it

297-647: Is divided between two local government districts by the River Gade with the larger western portion in the Borough of Dacorum and smaller part, to the east of the river, in Three Rivers District . It was the location of Kings Langley Palace and the associated King's Langley Priory , of which few traces survive. It is situated 2 mi (3 km) south of Hemel Hempstead and 2 mi (3 km) north of Watford . The earliest mention in surviving documents of

330-501: The A41 , a dual-carriageway bypasses Kings Langley and continues to the south of Tring where it flows into the original motorway-standard by-pass. The old route through Kings Langley is now classified the A4251 . Just to the north of Kings Langley is a small village called Rucklers Lane, named after the road it is built on. The origin of the settlement in the early 20th century was the construction of

363-736: The Norman Conquest of 1066 the manor was one of hundreds given to Robert, Count of Mortain , uterine half-brother of King William the Conqueror . His tenant was a certain Ralf. The present village developed as a linear village along the old road from London to Berkhamsted and beyond to the Midlands. In the Domesday Book of 1086, Langley was in the hundred of Danish. By 1346 the place was known as Kyngeslangley and by 1428 as Lengele Regis . In about 1276

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396-617: The 1838, London and Birmingham Railway which later became the West Coast Main Line , (the main railway line from London to the north west) pass just east of the village at Kings Langley railway station . There are many businesses located near the station in Home Park Industrial Estate which is also the site of the Construction and Engineering Centre of West Herts College. 20th century housing developments have led to

429-747: The Division 1 (Central) Division of the Southern Football League . Kings Langley CC currently play in Divisions 2B, Division 7 West and Division 10 South, of the Saracens Hertfordshire Cricket League. Kings Langley Bowls Club is situated in Green Park at the end of the Nap car park. It is a popular lawn bowls club with club and district competitions for bowlers of all abilities. It includes

462-532: The Monasteries and little remains above ground level. The Church of All Saints was built during the 14th century on the site of an earlier church. It was the birth-place of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), 4th surviving son of King Edward III (grandson of Edward I), whose tomb survives in All Saints Church. The body of King Richard II , eldest grandson and successor of King Edward III,

495-750: The Verney portraits to her half-sister, Catherine Calvert (Mrs Wright), known thenceforward as Mrs Verney, on whose death in 1827 they came into the possession of her cousin, Sir Harry Calvert, who assumed the Verney surname. Sir Harry Verney entered the British House of Commons for Buckingham in 1832, and remained a member of the House with two short intervals for fifty-two years. He married in 1835 Eliza, daughter of Admiral Sir George Johnstone Hope , K.C.B., M.P., and secondly Frances Parthenope Nightingale , sister of Florence Nightingale . Frances, Lady Verney , collected from

528-467: The barony of Willoughby de Broke descend from Richard Verney (1683–1711), who was granted the title 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke by the House of Lords in 1696. These Verneys had inherited the Verney estates at Compton Verney in Warwickshire through the marriage of Sir Richard Verney (died 1630) to Margaret Greville (died 1631), sister and heiress of Fulke Greville , 1st Baron Brooke . The male line

561-650: The death of the second baronet in 1993. The family's local history is reflected in placenames such as Verney Avenue and Lady Verney Close in High Wycombe . Kings Langley Kings Langley is a village , former manor and civil parish in Hertfordshire , England, 23.5 miles (37.8 kilometres) north-west of London and to the south of the Chiltern Hills . It now forms part of the London commuter belt . The village

594-440: The factory making Ovaltine chocolate drink; the listed factory facade, designed c.1923 by James Albert Bowden is now all that is left and still stands alongside the railway line among a new housing development. The Ovaltine factory itself has been converted into a series of flats and duplexes. The former Ovaltine Egg Farm was converted into energy-efficient offices which house Renewable Energy Systems . The complex incorporates

627-561: The manor of Langalega is in a Saxon charter dated circa 1050. It appears as Langelai in the Domesday Book of 1086, and is recorded as Langel' Regis ("Langley of the King") in 1254. The name means "long wood or clearing". A Roman villa has been excavated just south of the village. The manor was probably a possession of the Abbey of St. Albans , the records of which have been lost. Following

660-513: The manor was purchased by Queen Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290), wife of King Edward I, and Kings Langley Palace was built on the hill to the west of the village with a deer park extending to the south. King's Langley Priory , of the Dominican Order , of which remains survive, was founded next to the palace. The palace and the grand priory church fell into disrepair at the Dissolution of

693-677: The mass of papers preserved at Claydon House the Memoirs of the Verney Family during the Seventeenth Century , which contain a charming picture of the life and manners of the country gentlemen of that day. A second edition, abridged and corrected by Margaret Verney , appeared in 1904. An all-girls grammar school was named after her in the 1960s, the Lady Verney High School in High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire . The Verneys who hold

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726-634: The palace period in the school entrance foyer. The village became twinned with Achiet-le-Grand in France in November 2009, in honour of Christopher Cox from the village who won a Victoria Cross in fighting near Achiet-le-Grand in the First World War . The M25 , the London orbital motorway , passes just south of the village on an imposing viaduct across the River Gade valley. To the north of junction 20 with

759-462: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Verney . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Verney&oldid=993186737 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

792-635: The village spreading out on either side of the main road. The A41 has now been diverted west of the village leaving the high street to local traffic for the first time in centuries. During the Second World War , the village was home to the secret headquarters in Britain of the Polish Underground army based at Barnes Lodge just off the Hempstead Road near Rucklers Lane. Kings Langley was the site of

825-510: Was a servant of Elizabeth of York and joined the household of Margaret Tudor in Scotland as chamberlain, and subsequently Ralph Verney was chamberlain to Princess Mary . Lady Verney paid the painters Robert Fyll and John Reynolds for making heraldic beasts for the garden at Windsor Castle . At the Scottish court Lady Verney's two maiden attendants were given 11 gold coins strung as necklaces for

858-581: Was buried here after his probable murder at Pontefract Castle in 1400. It was later removed to Westminster Abbey , next to the Palace of Westminster . The 18th century Sparrows Herne turnpike road (later the A41 trunk road ) traversed the Chilterns via the valley of the River Gade and ran down the village high street. The 16th century Saracen's Head public house is a coaching inn which flourished in this period. The Grand Union Canal dating from 1797, and

891-590: Was created Baroness Fermanagh in 1792. His second son, Ralph, 2nd Earl Verney (c. 1712–1791), was a friend of Edmund Burke , who entered parliament as Verney's nominee for Wendover . Earl Verney was an ardent supporter of the Whig interest, but received no reward from the party leaders. He rebuilt Claydon House with great splendour from the plans of John Adam , but, with his financial ventures, this brought him to bankruptcy. He died with no children of his own. The present Verney family, of Claydon Hall, Buckinghamshire,

924-477: Was during this period that Sir Ralph Verney became Lord Mayor of London in 1465 and M.P. for the city in 1472. Sir Ralph Verney's eldest son, Sir John Verney, married Margaret, heiress of Sir Robert Whittingham of Pendley. In 1525, Sir Ralph Verney's fourth son, of the same name, married Elizabeth, one of the six co-heiresses of John, Lord Braye. The Lord Mayor's second son was also called Sir Ralph Verney. He married Eleanor Pole , an aunt of Cardinal Pole . He

957-422: Was father of Sir Ralph Verney , created Earl Verney in 1743. Earl Verney's sister, Lady Margaret Verney , by her marriage with Sir Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet , linked the Verney family a second time with the barony of Braye , and Braye family adopted the surname of Verney-Cave. Earl Verney's eldest son, John Verney , predeceased him in 1737, leaving a posthumous daughter, Lady Mary Verney (1737–1810), who

990-483: Was finally sold in 1921. For the final quarter of the 20th century the 1818 baronetcy was held by Major Sir Ralph Verney . As of 2018 , it is held by Sir Edmund Verney (born 1950). The family still has its home in Claydon House. A second and separate Verney baronetcy (of Eaton Square ) was created in 1946. As of 2018 the third baronet of this creation does not use the title; officially it has been dormant since

1023-411: Was interrupted in 1853 when Robert John Barnard (1809–1862), nephew of the 16th baron , inherited the title. Robert took the title 17th Baron Willoughby de Broke , adopted the surname Verney and was the grandfather of Richard Greville Verney who sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 1900 for SE Warwickshire and succeeded to the title in 1902. The family had left Compton Verney House by 1887 and it

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1056-621: Was slain at Edgehill in 1642. His eldest son, Sir Ralph Verney (1613–1696), 1st baronet, sat for Aylesbury in both the Short and the Long Parliaments. He took the side of the parliament at the outset of the Civil War, but went abroad in 1643 rather than sign the Covenant, and his estates were sequestrated in 1646. He returned to England in 1653, and, though he refused to act against Oliver Cromwell ,

1089-603: Was subsequently reconciled to the Restoration government. His brother, Sir Edmund (1616–1649), had taken the king's side, and commanded the troops of the Royalist infantry at the Siege of Drogheda and was slain during the final assault. Sir Ralph Verney's estates and honours descended to his son, Sir John (c. 1640–1717), who was created Viscount Fermanagh in the Irish peerage in 1703 and

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