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In 1980 he became Chairman of the [[Nature Conservancy Council]], and used the NCC to promote the designation of some 4,000 locations as "sites of special scientific interest" under the [[Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981]], often against opposition from farmers and other interested parties. Verney's unpopularity among some in the landed element of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] led to him not being reappointed by the government when his term expired in 1983.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=30 August 2001 |title=Sir Ralph Verney Bt |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1338879/Sir-Ralph-Verney-Bt.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London |accessdate=27 October 2015 }}</ref>
 
For 30 years Verney was a trustee of the [[Ernest Cook Trust]]. He was a countymember councillor inof [[Buckinghamshire, County Council]] and was closely involved both in the planning of the new town of [[Milton Keynes]] and the creation of an [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]] in the [[Chilterns]]. He served as [[High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire]] in 1957, was a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for the county infrom 1960 andto 1965, and held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire between 1965 and 1984.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44908|date=31 July 1969|page=7865}}</ref> He was High Steward of Buckingham in 1966, and was invested as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1974.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46310|date=29 July 1947|page=6799 |supp=y }}</ref> That same year he succeeded to his father's [[baronetcy]].
 
==Personal life==
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