Thomas Heygate Vernon [also known as Thomas Vernon, T. H. Vernon, and as Thomas H. Vernon] was born in Towcester, Northamptonshire in 1837 and was the son of Thomas Vernon (1802-1875), a draper, and Mary Vernon (née Heygate, 1809-1886).
His occupation was given as Architect in the 1861 England and Wales census. It is not known, however, where or with whom he trained as an architect. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1871.
Vernon's most notable work is Towcester Town Hall, an Italianate style building in Towcester, Northamptonshire, completed in 1866.
The address of T. H. Vernon was given as 12 Denbigh Place, Pimlico, Middlesex [now London] in 1867 and 1871; 22 Victoria Road, Clapham, Surrey [now London] in 1876 and 1883; and, from 1886, 26 Macaulay Road, Clapham, Surrey [now London], where he died on 24 August 1888. His son, Horace Middleton Vernon (1870-1951) was an eminent physiologist and industrial health specialist.
Towcester Town Hall, Towcester, Northamptonshire (1865-66)
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
‘Obituary’. Royal Institute of British Architects. Proceedings 2nd series vol. 4, no. 20, 29 September 1888 p. 368.