After finishing Vernon, FL, Morris tried unsuccessfully to get funding for a variety of projects.

* In Ex parte Vallandigham ( 1863 ), a former congressman was tried before a military tribunal by General Ambrose Burnside for treason after he delivered an incendiary speech at Mount Vernon.

Lady Susan, who tried her utmost to prevent the marriage of Mrs. Vernon and Mr. Vernon, easily perceives how much Mrs. Vernon dislikes her, but allows that she is " well bred ," and has an air of " a woman of fashion.

The Gentry brothers and Henry, all previously lived in Michigan ( the Gentry brothers are originally from Tennessee ), waived their extraditions from Orange County, New York on August 19 and will be tried in Vernon.

Group founder Vernon Nesbeth said that the group tried to take the song out of their set but that club managers and audiences insisted upon hearing it.

Either the writers or the director ( Vernon Keays ) did not understand what the Stooges were all about or they consciously tried to create a new kind of vehicle for them.

There were many others who tried to claim the copyright to the song, but his birthplace, in Mount Vernon, Ohio, has all of the history of Mr. Emmett, as does the Knox County Historical Society and The Woodward Opera House, also located in Mount Vernon.

My arguments perverted some others, particularly Collins and Ralph ; but each of them having afterwards wrong'd me greatly without the least compunction, and recollecting Keith's conduct towards me ( who was another freethinker ) and my own towards Vernon and Miss Read, which at times gave me great trouble, I began to suspect that this doctrine, tho ' it might be true, was not very useful.

The railroad's arrival caused great commotion in Mount Vernon, bringing hundreds of new businesses and residents.

Cleveland named the company-and later the town-after his great grandmother, Margaret Chesnee, who was born in Scotland and married Alexander Vernon, also born in Scotland.

Following his service in the war, Washington returned to Mount Vernon and in 1785-1786 spent a great deal of effort improving the landscaping of the estate.

Washington used his wife's great wealth to buy land and slaves ; he more than tripled the size of Mount Vernon ( in 1757, in 1787 ).

Plimsoll was re-elected for Derby at the general election of 1880 by a great majority, but gave up his seat to William Vernon Harcourt, believing that the latter, as Home Secretary, could advance sailors ' interests more effectively than any private member.

Jim Cellini, a student of Tony Slydini, and teacher of many great street performers, credits his routine to Vernon and Miller.

William was therefore born a Vernon, and by his connection with the old families of Vernon and Harcourt was related to many of the great English houses, a fact of which he was proud.

The Hindu newspaper placed Ameen Sayani and Vernon Corea of Radio Ceylon in the top five great broadcasters of the world.

Vernon Corea interviewed the great Ravi Shankar on ' London Sounds Eastern '

He was the father of Vernon Corea, one of Sri Lanka's great broadcasters, a pioneer with Radio Ceylon / SLBC and Ethnic Minoities Adviser to the BBC.

As a young man, Vernon moved to New York where, in the back room of Clyde Powers ' magic shop, he found favor among many of the great magicians of the era, including Dr. James William Elliott and Harry Kellar.

Vernon was a lean player with an aquiline nose, a powerful left foot shot, great skill and a coolness when taking his chances.

He is a great friend of Vernon Lee.

In 1998 Vernon Bellecourt, a longtime leader of AIM, criticized Marvin Wolf for failure to consult with other AIM leaders about events that Means recounted.

They remained lifelong friends, despite Thomas's failure, in the capacity of best man, to turn up to the wedding of Vernon and Gwen in 1944.

After the destruction of Portobelo in November last year, Vernon proceeded to remove the last Spanish stronghold in the area, attacking the fortress of San Lorenzo el Real Chagres, on the banks of the Chagres River and near Portobelo.

After arriving at the island of Antigua in early October 1739, Edward Vernon sent three ships under the command of Captain Thomas Waterhouse to intercept Spanish merchant ships that made the route between La Guaira and Portobelo.

On 20 July, Vice Admiral Edward Vernon and a squadron of warships departed England bound for the West Indies to attack Spanish ships and " possessions ".

Even in October 1739 Vernon had sent his first Lieutenant Percival along with two Spanish Fraternity on the ship, with the excuse to deliver a letter to Blas de Lezo and another who at that time was the governor of Cartagena, Don Pedro Hidalgo.

So, again with the aim of probing the Spanish defenses of that city, on March 7, 1740 Vernon left Port Royal in command of two fire-ships, three bombards and a steamer, reaching waters of Cartagena on March 13.

Having not seen any reaction from the Spanish, the 18th Vernon bombards ordered three open fire on the city, with the intention of provoking a response that he might get an idea of the defensive capacity of the Spanish.

After three days of British bombardment in which 350 bombs partially destroyed the cathedral, the Jesuit school and several civilian buildings, Vernon assumed the impasse in which he was and ordered the withdrawal day 21, leaving the Castle and Greenwich Windsord vessels in the vicinity with a mission to intercept a Spanish ship to approach.

At 3 pm on March 22, 1740, an English fleet composed of ships Strafford, Norwich, Falmouth and Princess Louisa, the Diamond frigate, the bombards Alderney, Terrible and Cumberland, the fireships Success and Eleanor, and transport Goodly and Pompey, under command of Vernon himself, began to bombard the Spanish fortress.

After taking this Vernon news, immediately sent four ships to its fleet to intercept Spanish ships, finally getting these English circumvent controls and enter the port of Cartagena on April 21, 1740, landing there the new governor and several hundred of valuable veteran soldiers.

Vernon, again held that the English attack was merely a maneuver score, although the main consequence of his action was to alert the Spanish.

Vernon again clashed with the army commander, and the expedition withdrew when faced with heavier Spanish opposition than expected.

On 21 November 1739 Admiral Vernon did however succeed in capturing the ill-defended Spanish harbour of Porto Bello in present-day Panama.

In March 1741, the city endured a large-scale attack by British and American colonial troops led by Admiral Edward Vernon ( 1684 – 1757 ), who arrived at Cartagena with a massive fleet of 186 ships and 23, 600 men, including 12, 000 infantry, against six Spanish ships and fewer than 6, 000 men, in an action known as the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, part of the War of Jenkin's Ear.

The town in which Vernon lives, Martirio, is ironically given the Spanish word for martyrdom.

* Old Spanish Fort Archeological Site, Mount Vernon, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in Missouri

In 1742 a Glasgow merchant named Robert Boyd purchased the ' Old Extent of Windyedge ' and renamed it Mount Vernon, in honour of Admiral Edward Vernon of the Royal Navy who was famous at that time for his expedition against the Spanish Main.

The Insulls lived outside Libertyville, Illinois, in a Spanish Revival mansion with extensive grounds now known as the Cuneo Museum, in Vernon Hills.

The Spanish quickly recovered the Panamanian town and defeated Admiral Vernon in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741.

Maj. Wilfred Vernon taught the art of mixing home made explosives, and his explosives store can still be seen at the rear of the house, while Canadian Bert " Yank " Levy, who had served under Wintringham in the Spanish Civil War taught knife fighting and hand to hand combat.

* A Portuguese, Spanish and Italian given name equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand or Vernon, with an original meaning of " adventurous, bold journey ".

Women in Cellblock 9 ( Original title Frauen für Zellenblock 9 ) is a 1977 Swiss film directed by Spanish director Jesus Franco, starring Howard Vernon and Karine Gambier.