Edmund Verney (Cavalier)

This article is about the father of the cavalier soldier Edmund Verney (soldier).
For other people named Edmund Verney, see Edmund Verney (disambiguation).

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

Sir Edmund Verney (1 January 1590[1] or 7 April 1596[2] – 23 October 1642) 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.

  1. ^ Whyman, Susan E, ed. (2004). "Verney, Sir Edmund (1590–1642)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28228. Retrieved 17 September 2006. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Sir Edmund Verney". Retrieved 17 September 2006.