been held from 1885 to 1886 and from 1889 to 1891 by his older brother Sir Edmund Hope Verney, who was expelled from the House of Commons in 1891, and at various times between 1832 and 1885 by their father Sir Harry. Frederick's main interest in Parliament was agriculture, and in particular supporting the creation of smallholdings. He was appointed in November 1909 as a member of a Royal Commission on the selection of Justices of the Peace (magistrates), which reported in July 1910. The Commission's recommendations included the appointment of local committees which would monitor the effectiveness of magistrates and report of whether more magistrates were needed, and proposals to remove political bias from the selection process. However, Verney signed the report with a note dissociating himself from the proposal that "the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Lieutenants should refuse to receive any unasked-for recommendations from members of parliament or candidates for such membership in their own constituencies, or from political agents or representatives of political associations"; he claimed that this was outside the scope of the commission. Verney was re-elected in Buckingham in January 1910, but at the December 1910 general election he stood aside from Buckingham to allow his nephew Sir Harry Verney, 4th Baronet to contest the seat. Sir Harry held the Buckingham seat, but Frederick was unsuccessful in Christchurch. On 26 April 1913, Verney died aged 67 at his London residence of 12 Connaught Place, after a short illness. Family Through his father's second wife, Parthenope Nightingale, Fred Verney was related to Florence Nightingale, and corresponded copiously with her. In 1870 he married Maude Sarah Williams (died 1937), the daughter of Sir John Hay Williams, 2nd Baronet, whose sister Margaret had married Fred's older brother Edmund two years previously. They had three children: Ralph (1879–1959), and two daughters: Gwendolen Verney (1881–1932) and Kathleen (1883–1966). Ralph fought in the Second Boer War and in World War I, became secretary to the Viceroy of India and to the Speaker of the House of Commons; he was knighted in 1928 and made a baronet in 1946. References External links 1846 births 1913 deaths Frederick People from Buckinghamshire 19th-century Church of England clergy Members of the Inner Temple Councillors in Buckinghamshire Members of London County Council Members of Buckinghamshire County Council Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 People educated at Harrow School