Lord Vernon (John Lawrance Vernon, Founder, Africa Confidential)

Like the others James Lemkin CBE Lord John Vernon and Charles Janson Gordon-Lennox had strong ties to Africa through family associations and work...

He set the newsletter up in 1960 along with John Vernon Charles Janson and Charles March...

Backed by other British figures in the Capricorn Society notably James Lemkin (a friend of Zambia's future President Kenneth Kaunda) Charles March (now the Duke of Richmond) and John the late Lord Vernon a former colonial officer and diplomat Janson began to publish a newsletter with the title Africa 1960 hoping to 'make people take Africa seriously'...

We are saddened to announce the death of John Vernon one of the founding directors of Africa Confidential...

Lord Vernon – Obituary in The Telegraph 24 Aug 2000 ...