He was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica and currently lives in Ontario, Canada.

Robert has 2 children: Alexander and Joseph.

He is a 14th. Generation Vernon.

Bio of VERNON, Robert K. Banker.

From the profile published in "The Good & True" Newsletter, Ontario, Canada - December 1996.

This month we take a look at a very unique man, who was one of the founding members of the St. George's College Old Boys Association in Canada and is also a current member of the present executive. The man I am referring to is none other than Mr. Robert Vernon.
Robbie, as he is known to me and all his fellow Georgians, started at St. George's in 1955 and graduated in 1959 with honours in five subjects including English Language. After graduating from St. George's, Robbie did a short stint with Government Savings Bank for approximately one year, before joining the Royal Bank of Canada in Jamaica. There his career as a banker was about to begin. Robbie stayed with the bank for 16 years at many different branches. It was while he was at the bank that he met a beautiful lady named Heather Gibson (also a banker), and in 1971 they were married.
Marriage did not slow Robbie down, and although he was working his way up the corporate ladder, he was also very busy in the communities in which he worked. Having grown up with a lot of influential people, including his dad and role model William Vernon who was also the first Mayor of' Montego Bay, Robbie always gave back to his community. He became a member of the Jaycees and the prestigious Lions Club of Jamaica and was awarded the Certificate of Merit by both clubs for his outstanding work in community development. He was also treasurer of the Jamaica Association for the Mentally Handicapped, President of the Coopers Hill Citizens Association and a member of the Police Civic Committee.

In 1974, the first of Robbie and Heather's two sons, Alexander, was born. By the year 1977, Robbie decided to move his family to Canada after having worked his way up to Manager of the Duke Street branch, which was one of the largest branches in Kingston.
Arriving in Canada, Robbie rejoined the Royal Bank and after serving as Manager for several branches was recently promoted to Assistant Manager (Risk Management Division) where he works today. Even though his second son Joseph was born in 1979, with wife Heather's tremendous support he continues to be a very active and influential person in his community. Among other things, he is currently the Chairman of the Etobicoke Youth Soccer Club and a volunteer with the visiting prison chaplaincy program in Etobicoke. Besides helping others, something that Robbie truly enjoys is playing the piano, which he does very well. Today Robbie resides in Etobicoke with his lovely wife and their two sons.

I had the pleasure of meeting Robbie about 10 years ago, and would like to say that besides the fact that he's a perfect gentleman at all times, I really look up to him and respect him a great deal. It has been my pleasure having someone like him on the present executive committee.

Bobby (Sadat) Wills