Edmund Verney (Cavalier)
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Sir Edmund Verney was an English politician, soldier and favourite of King Charles I. At the outbreak of the English Civil War he supported the Royalist cause and was killed at the Battle of Edgehill.
Portrait of Sir Edmund Verney, circa 1640, by Sir Anthony van Dyck
Memorial to Edmund Verney in the church next to Claydon House, the Verney family home
The Eve of the Battle of Edgehill by Charles Landseer, 1845. Verney is the standard-bearer behind the table.
Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Baronet DL, JP was an English baronet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1690.
Edmund Verney (Cavalier)
…found himself in opposition to the King. Upon the outbreak of war, Verney remained true to his master and friend, King Charles, while his eldest son Ralph joined the Parliamentary forces. Made standard-bearer of the royal army, Verney was killed at the Battle of Edgehill. According to the tradition of his…
Portrait, oil, of Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bt by Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680).