NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Vernon, Robert [formerly Robert Vernon Smith], first Baron Lyveden (1800–1873), politician LBT ID: LdLyved1 VIAF ID: 120128245 | B/BAP: 1800-02-23 DIED: 1873-11-10 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thepeerage.com | |
The son of Bobus Smith and nephew of Sydney Smith; educated at Eton and Christ Church,
Oxford, he was a Whig MP for Tralee (1829-30) and Northampton (1831-59). He held offices in
government and was raised to the peerage in 1859. | |