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What was the position of Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet between Aug 1847 and Jan 1850?
Sir Harry Verney , 2nd Baronet Sir Harry Verney , 2nd Baronet PC , DL , JP ( 8 September 1801 – 12 February 1894 ) was an English soldier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1832 and 1885 . Background and education . Born Harry Calvert , he was the oldest son of Sir Harry Calvert , 1st Baronet and his wife Caroline Hammersley , second daughter of Thomas Hammersley . He was first educated at Harrow School , and then , aged fifteen , went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as one of its first cadets . In 1826 , he succeeded his father as baronet and in the following year , he changed his surname by Royal Licence to Verney to inherit the Verney family estates of his cousin Mary Verney , 1st Baroness Fermanagh . From 1829 , he studied at Downing College , Cambridge as a fellow-commoner , befriending Adam Sedgwick and William Whewell . Career . Verney joined the British Army for the 31st ( Huntingdonshire ) Regiment of Foot in 1819 and was sent to the countrys legation in the German states Württemberg and Baden , learning during this time German , French and Italian . He returned to England in the following year and was allocated to the 7th ( Royal Fusiliers ) Regiment of Foot . From 1824 , he served with the Grenadier Guards and from 1826 was private secretary in the office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces . Verney was meant to accompany Lord William Bentinck on his appointment as Governor-General of India , however during the journey was left ill in Rio de Janeiro , where he recovered , later hunting with natives in the Pampas and the Andes . His voyage home led him around Cape Horn on board a ship commanded by Sir Michael Seymour , and in 1829 he arrived in England again . Verney was promoted to major in 1831 and was transferred to the Royal Buckinghamshire Militia ( Kings Own ) in 1844 , retiring two years later . Verney entered the British House of Commons in 1832 , sitting as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Buckingham until 1841 . After a six-year break , he was successful for Bedford and represented it until 1852 . Verney was again returned for Buckingham in 1857 until the 1874 general election . In 1880 , he was reelected for the constituency for the following five years . In 1885 , in his final year in the House , Verney was sworn a Privy Counsellor . Verney was nominated a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire and a Justice of the Peace for the same county . He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and one of the founders of the Royal Agricultural Society . Verney acted as chairman of the Buckinghamshire Railway Company and deputy chairman of the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Company . Family . On 30 June 1835 , he married firstly Eliza Hope , daughter of Admiral Sir George Johnstone Hope , and had by her four sons and three daughters . After her death in 1857 , Verney married Frances Parthenope Nightingale , daughter of William Edward Nightingale and sister of Florence Nightingale , on 24 June 1858 . He died , aged 92 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son Edmund . His youngest son Frederick was a diplomat and politician and father of Sir Ralph Verney , 1st Baronet . Legacy . Verney was unusual in the sense that he gave his name to two railway stations in England , namely Calvert and Verney Junction stations in Buckinghamshire . Mount Verney , Sir Harry Peak and Sir Harry Range in British Columbia were also named after him . To this day , one of the campuses of the University of Buckingham ( housing the Law School ) is named Verney Park .