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VANE, HON. FREDERICK, brother of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (qv); b. 26 Jun 1732; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Watts'); KS 1746; still at school 1749; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jan 1749/50, matr. 1750; reprimanded by Vice-Chancellor for interfering with Senior Proctor in exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster club dinner, presided over by Thomas Francklin (qv), 17 Nov 1750; MP co. Durham 1761-74; Deputy Treasurer, Chelsea Hospital; of Sellaby, co. Durham; m. 1st, 15 Jun 1758 Henrietta, sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); m. 2nd, 1796 Jane, dau. of Arthur Lysaght, and niece of John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle (I); d. 28 Apr 1801.

VANE, FREDERICK HENRY, second son of Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane, Bart., and Hannah, dau. of John Bowerbank, Johnby, Cumberland; b. 10 May 1807; adm. 9 Nov 1818 (Best's); left 10 Feb 1819; went to Eton Coll.; Cornet, 12th Lancers 9 Apr 1826; Lieut., 18 Dec 1827; ret. 1829; served in Portugal 1827; plaintiff in 1872 in Vane v. Vane, the leading case on concealed fraud under the Statutes of Limitation; m. 4 Jun 1859 Rosalinda, dau. of John Moore, Prospect Hill, Galway, Ireland; d. 13 Dec 1894.

VANE, HON. CHARLES, brother of Hon. Randyll Vane (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1727; recited verses at Westminster Meeting 28 Jan 1730/1; left 1734; of Mount Ida, Norfolk; m. 15 Feb 1776 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Richard Wood, Red Lion Square, London; d. 27 Feb 1796.

VANDERLIND, ---; b.; in school lists 1769, chorister; left 1771.

VANDEPUT, JOHN, elder son of Sir Peter Vandeput, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Sir George Mathews, Kt, Twickenham, Middlesex; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1722; in under school list 1725; left 1725; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1731, matr. 1731; adm. Inner Temple 1 Feb 1724/5; d. unm. at Groningen, Netherlands 1734.

VANCE, ROBERT SHEPPARD, second son of George Vance MD, Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London, medical practitioner, and Elizabeth Bradridge, only dau. of John Sheppard, Morton Abbott, Devon; b. 31 Aug 1814; adm. 12 Jan 1829 (Scott's); left 1831; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1831; d. from effects of a fall from his horse near Wheatley, Oxfordshire 15 Oct 1832.

VANCE, J.; b.; at school under Carey (name up School 1807).

VANBRUGH, CHARLES, only surviving son of Sir John Vanbrugh, Kt, dramatist and architect, and Henrietta Maria, eldest child of Lieut. -Col. James Yarburgh, Snaith Hall, Yorks., 1st Foot Guards; b. 20 Oct 1720; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1732 (Bourne); left 1736; adm. Inner Temple 12 Feb 1735/6; went to Lausanne, Switzerland, to complete his studies, and while there became a member of the Compagnie des Nobles Fusillers, 29 Apr 1738; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 24 Apr 1741; went with regiment to Flanders 1744; d. 13 May 1745, from wounds received at the battle of Fontenoy two days previously. DNB.

Van Straubenzee, Sir William Radcliffe, son of Brig. Arthur Bowen van Straubenzee DSO MC RA, and Margaret Joan, d. of Alexander Nelson Radcliffe of Bag Park, Widecombe-in-the­Moor, Devon; b. 27 Jan. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (G); left July 1942; RA 1939-45 (Maj. DAA and QMG Far East); adm. solicitor Mar. 1952, practised in London; chmn. Young Conservatives 1951-3; hon. sec. Westminster Boys’ Club 1952-65, chmn. 1965-8; MBE 1954; contested (Cons. ) Clapham 1955; MP (Cons. ) Wokingham 1959-87; PPS to Min. of Education 1960-2; Parliamentary under-sec. State, Ministry of Education and Science 1970-2; Minister of State, Northern Ireland 1972-4; knighted 1981; member, House of Laity, Church Assembly, Church of England 1965-70, General Synod 1975-87; a Church commissioner 1968-87, Second Church Estates Commissioner 1979-87; d. 2 Nov. 1999.

Van Praagh, John Arthur Wellesley, son of Arthur John Van Praagh and Hyacinthe Maud Wellesley, d. of W. H. Frizell; b. 11 Nov. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1942; RAF 1944-6 (Flt. Sgt. ); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1951, MA 1955; PR Rank Organisation until 1965; antiques and fine arts dealer 1965-88, retd.; m. 11 Sept. 1954 Barbara, d. of William Fish of St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex; d. 2007.