John Vernon (of Clontarf)
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John Vernon was Quartermaster-General of Oliver Cromwell
’s army and third son of Sir Edward Vernon, of Houndshill, Staffordshire, England. John obtained title to Clontarf Castle
near Dublin in 1649 through a financial arrangement with John Blackwall who had been granted the estate by Oliver Cromwell. Thereafter the Vernon's occupied the castle for approximately 300 years.
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
’s army and third son of Sir Edward Vernon, of Houndshill, Staffordshire, England. John obtained title to Clontarf Castle
Clontarf Castle
Clontarf Castle is a much-modernised castle, dating to 1837, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. There has been a castle on the site since 1172...
near Dublin in 1649 through a financial arrangement with John Blackwall who had been granted the estate by Oliver Cromwell. Thereafter the Vernon's occupied the castle for approximately 300 years.
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- 'Vernon of Clontarf CastleClontarf CastleClontarf Castle is a much-modernised castle, dating to 1837, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. There has been a castle on the site since 1172...
' in Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912) pp. 722–3
- Burke's Colonial Gentry (1891), available on Internet Archives: http://www.archive.org/details/genealogical01burk
- A Study of Vernon and Venables Families and Their Connections