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What was the position of Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet from 1835 to Jul 1865?
Sir William Verner , 1st Baronet Sir William Verner , 1st Baronet , KCH ( 25 October 1782 – 20 January 1871 ) , was a British soldier who served in the Napoleonic wars , was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo and resigned as a colonel . He served as a politician , including 36 years as a Member of Parliament . Two of his sons were also members of Parliament . Verner was made Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order and a Baronet , and was Grand Master of Armagh and Orange Order of Ireland . Early life . William Verner was the son of Colonel James Verner , a Member of Parliament , and Jane Clarke . As a boy , he studied at Woodville , which overlooked Lucan , Dublin . He had the opportunity to attend Trinity College , Dublin , but preferred a career in the army . Military . Verners interest in an army career began when he commanded the Churchill Yeomanry . At first he was a staff officer under the Lord Lieutenant of Dublin in the 7th Queens Own Hussars . He fought in the Peninsular War of the Napoleonic Wars at the Battle of Corunna under Sir John Moore in 1808–1809 . He also fought at the Battle of the Pyrenees under the Duke of Wellington , in 1814 at the Battle of Orthes and the Battle of Toulouse , and in 1815 the Battle of Waterloo , rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 7th Queens Own Hussars , under Lord Henry Paget , 1st Marquess of Anglesey . Verner was wounded by a musket shot to the head at Waterloo and retired from the army with the rank of colonel . Public service . William held three positions as High Sheriff : first for County Monaghan in 1820 , County Armagh 1821 and last for County Tyrone 1823 . He was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Tyrone . He was a member of the Conservative party and a Member of Parliament for County Armagh between 1832 and 1868 . A supporter of the Protestant Orange Order , he was once struck off the Commission of the Peace by Lord Normanby for toasting the Battle of the Diamond at a public dinner in Ireland . Personal life . Marriage and family . He married Harriet Wingfield , daughter of colonel the Hon . Edward Wingfield , younger son of The 3rd Viscount Powerscourt and Harriet Esther Westenra , on 19 October 1819 . The couple had 2 sons and 8 daughters , at least 2 of which died in infancy . The children were buried at Powerscourt . He seemed to have good relationships with his children , who called their father Taffy . They were : - Sir William Verner , 2nd Baronet ( 4 Apr 1822 - 10 Jan 1873 ) became Member of Parliament for the County Armagh - Sir Edward Wingfield Verner , 4th Baronet ( 1 Oct 1830 - 21 Jun 1899 ) 1863 an MP for Lisburn and after his older brothers death , became MP for County Armagh , a position he held until 1880 when he resigned . - Emily Verner ( d . 13 June 1911 ) married Rev . Hon . Francis Nathanial Clements , son of Nathaniel Clements , 2nd Earl of Leitrim . They had no children . - Frederica Verner ( d . 1909 ) . She married Maj . Henry Guise , son of Sir John Wright Guise , 3rd Baronet . They had two sons . - Constantia Henrietta Frances Verner ( d . 7 Dec 1923 ) . She married William Sandford Pakenham , son of the Very Rev . Hon . Henry Pakenham and Eliza Catherine Sandford . They had six sons , and a daughter . - Amelia - Cecelia - Frances Elizabeth - Harriet Jane Isabella Real estate . Churchill . Following the Battle of Waterloo , and seeing his father in failing health , he took over the running of the family estate , named Churchill , which included the house , a church with a bell inscribed to the Virgin Mary , and graveyard . In 1788 , he received the estates following the death of Thomas Verner , Esquire , his paternal great uncle . In addition to Churchill in Armagh , Thomas Verner also had estates in Meath , Monaghan and Tyrone . Since William was only 5 years-old in 1788 , his parents James and Jane moved into the home with their family and were guardians of the residence until 1807 . During the Great Famine of Ireland ( 1845–1852 ) , Verner offered work to any of his tenants in need and reduced rents by as much as half . Inismagh . Verner also had property at Annahoe in County Tyrone , Ireland . Eaton Square . Verner met his wife in London and after they were married they bought a home there at 86 Eaton Square . Harriet also visited her parents often at Corke Abbey . Death . Verner had good health until 1870 when he began to decline . He died on 20 January 1871 at his home at Eaton Square . His body was sent to Loughgall , County Armagh , in Ulster for his funeral and burial . The procession was 2 miles long and was estimated to have included 10,000 people . Titles , styles , honours and arms . In 1837 , he was also made Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order by Sir Robert Peel or William IV . On 22 July 1846 , Verner was created a baronet , of Verners Bridge in the County of County Armagh . He was a Grand Master for Armagh and a Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Order for Ireland .