Vernon B. Romney served two terms as Attorney General of the State of Utah from 1969 to 1976. He is a first cousin of George W. Romney and a first cousin once removed to Mitt Romney.

Vernon B. Romney, Attorney General Portrait
14th Attorney General of Utah
In office January 1969 – December 1977
Preceded by	Phil L. Hansen
Succeeded by	Robert B. Hansen
Personal details
Born	Vernon Bradford Romney April 27, 1924 Salt Lake City, Utah
Died	July 13, 2013 (aged 89) Salt Lake City, Utah
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Patricia Pingree (1951-2013; his death)
Children	Robyn Romney Evans Vernon "Rick" Romney James Bradford Romney Douglas Pingree Romney Elizabeth Ann Romney Kelm Marjorie Romney Aslett
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(Mormon)

Vernon Bradford Romney was born to Vernon Romney (1896-1976) and Anna Lois Bradford (1900-1957) in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 27, 1924, the oldest of eight children.^[3] His father was an attorney and the chair of the Utah Republican party from 1944-1950 and 1958-1962.^[4][5][6] He is a first cousin of George W. Romney and a first cousin once removed to Mitt Romney.^[3] Romney graduated in 1941 from East High School.^[7]
Romney served in Okinawa and Leyte during WWII as an infantryman in the 96th Infantry Division as a radio operator and an assistant to a Methodist chaplain.^[8] He graduated with a BS in political science from the University of Utah and with a JD from George Washington University in 1953.^[9][10]

Romney worked as an attorney for the Federal Communications Commission and on the staff of Senator Arthur V. Watkins, both while in Washington, DC.^[10] He practiced law in Salt Lake City for fifteen years with the firms Romney and Nelson, and later Romney, Madsen, and Cummings.^[10][11] From 1955-1959 he was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Utah.^[10] He was elected Attorney General of Utah in 1968,^[11] and was reelected to this position in 1972.^[2] He appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case to obtain the mineral rights in the Great Salt Lake for the State of Utah, helped to improve airline service to the Salt Lake International Airport, increased consumer protection in the state of Utah, and was involved in efforts to reform federal habeas corpus laws.^[10][11][12] After a failed bid for Governor of Utah in 1976, Romney was the Highland, Utah City Attorney from 1977 to 1992.^[10]
Romney served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Buffalo andNiagara Falls, New York from 1948 to 1950. He later served missions with his wife Pat toCharleston, West Virginia, from 1997 to 1998, and La Jolla, California, from 2001 to 2002^[8]
Romney married the former Patricia (Pat) Pingree on December 29, 1951. In 1986, Pat was called as the national president of Lambda Delta Sigma, the LDS Church-sponsored sorority for college-age women.^[13] They are the parents to six children.^[3] They also have twenty-one grandchildren and, at the time of Romney's death, eleven great-grandchildren.