one would not expect under so rough an outside’. He appears an unlikely courtier, for John Macky remarked upon the ‘candour’ with which he approached business, and even Shrewsbury admitted that some of Vernon’s ‘many good qualities. According to his son, James Vernon II*, he ‘owed the rise of all his good fortune in life’ to Sunderland’s friendship, while Shrewsbury proved a close and dependable ally in return for Vernon’s ‘laborious and faithful services’. The support of King William was instrumental to his longevity, as was the backing of two powerful patrons, Lords Sunderland and Shrewsbury.
WEBTREES JAMES VERNON ENGLAND PROFESSIONAL
Thanks largely to his outstanding abilities as a civil servant he managed to survive many upheavals, his professional merits having already promoted him to high office above the pretensions of more influential figures. Despite such trimming, he could not avoid the pitfalls of high office, and several times risked disgrace alongside his fellow ministers. Indeed, while some historians have credited him with a burning ambition, he himself reflected that ‘it has been my ill fate, or management, to please neither party’. There can be little doubt concerning his Whiggish principles, and his letters do not suggest political naivety, but he studiously avoided too close an attachment to any particular group. Vernon remains an enigma to historians, a senior minister at the faction-ridden court of William III, who in general had little impact on national affairs.
teller of Exchequer 1702–10.Ĭlerk to supreme court, Jamaica 1691–? d. 1689, to ambassador to Turkey 1691–2 deputy-sec. to ambassador to France 1672–3, to Duke of Monmouth 1673–at least 1679, to Prince of Orange Dec. of Sir John Buck, 1st Bt., of Hamby Grange, Lincs., 2s. of George Smithies, Goldsmith, of London, and wid. of Francis Vernon of Covent Garden, Westminster by Anne, da. The total number of crosses should correspond to the total number of children in the previous box.Bap. (Not sure how you were supposed to do if you had twins or triplets). You need to put a cross in the box if the resident has a child corresponding to the age on the box. In case you have not seen the census, there are 16 boxes. It may also be possible to create a class that calculates which of the check boxes should be selected. Not sure if that could be implemented better. There are a lot of boxes at the end of the census row which are essentially check boxes. It would have been good to add a month class to calculate how many months into their whole year the person was.Ģ. The age is split up into years and months. I would have liked to have created two new classes to cover, what I think are features in this census (although I may be wrong and you have just chosen not to implement that functionality)ġ. I have a couple of thoughts about the implementation.
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