Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (1747-1829)

Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830). Oil painting on canvas, Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (1747-1829) by Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830), circa 1815 - 1820. A full-length portrait, standing, facing, head turned slightly to the right, gazing to the right, dressed in peers parliamentary robes, standing in a apartment, resting his right hand on the spine of a book on a table on the left and holding a fold of his robes in his left hand. A view of a landscape can be seen through a window on the left. The son of George Venables Vernon 1st Baron Vernon (1709 - 1780) by his third wife, Martha Harcourt. His elder half brother was George Venables Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (1735-1813). Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire