John Vernon (of Clontarf)

John Vernon (c. 1618 – March 13, 1670) 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.

See also

• Vernon family
• Vernon (surname)
• Clontarf, Dublin
• Clontarf Castle

Sources

• 'Vernon of Clontarf Castle' 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