VANE, HON. JOHN, second son of William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane (I) MP, and Lucy, dau. of William Jolliffe, Caverswall, Staffs.; bapt. St. Anne, Soho 12 May 1707 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1719; d. at Naples 5 Feb 1723/4.
VANE, SIR HENRY, eldest son of Sir Henry Vane, Kt MP, Treasurer of the Household and Secretary of State, Hadlow, Kent, and Raby Castle, co. Durham, and Frances, dau. of Thomas Darcy, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex; bapt. 26 May 1613; at schoool under Osbaldeston (Wood, Athenae Oxon., iii, 578); became a puritan at age of 15; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, adm. fellow commoner, aged 16, but did not matr., as he objected to taking the oath; went to New England to obtain freedom of worship 1635; Governor of Massachusetts 1636-7; became entangled in doctrinal controversies and returned to England; Joint Treasurer of the Navy Jan 1639- Dec 41; MP Hull 1640-53; knighted 23 Jun 1640; showed Pym his father's notes of Strafford's advice to Charles I at the Council meeting of 5 May 1640; one of the originators of the bill for the abolition of episcopacy 1641; one of the committee appointed to vindicate the privileges of Parliament on the arrest of the five members; a leader of the war party in the House of Commons; Treasurer of the Navy (for Parliament) Aug 1642 - Dec 1650; conducted the negotiations with the Scots 1643; the virtual leader of the House of Commons after Pym's death; proposed and carried the establishment of the Committee of both Kingdoms 1644; one of the Parliamentary Commissioners at Uxbridge 1645; rejected Charles I’s overtures in 1644 and 1646; a Commissioner to treat with the army at Wycombe 1647; distrusted by the Presbyterians and the Levellers; took no part in Charles I’s trial; member of Council of State 14 Feb 1649; active member of the government 1649-53; a Commissioner for settling Scottish affairs 1651; quarrelled with Cromwell over the expulsion of the Long Parliament 1653; retired to Lincolnshire and refused a seat in the Little Parliament; imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle as a result of the publication of his book Healing Question, propounded and resolved, 1656; MP Whitchurch in Richard Cromwell’s Parliament; assisted in the abolition of the Protectorate; Commissioner of the Navy and manager of foreign affairs in the restored Long Parliament; unsuccessfully endeavoured to reconcile Parliament and the army; became distrusted by all parties; expelled from the House of Commons 9 Jan 1660; partially excluded from the Act of Indemnity; imprisoned in the Tower of London, and subsequently transported to the Scilly Isles; tried for high treason in Court of King’s Bench, and sentenced to death 11 Jun 1662; an able statesman of enormous industry, but although his devotion to the public service and his freedom from corruption were well known, his religious enthusiasm and his subtlety in speculative matters exposed to him to the charge of being a fanatic and an unscrupulous schemer; author, The Retired Man’s Meditations, 1655, and other works; m. 1 Jul 1640 Frances, dau. of Sir Christopher Wray, Bart., Barlings, Lincs.; executed on Tower Hill 14 Jun 1662. DNB.
VANE, HENRY, 2ND EARL OF DARLINGTON, eldest son of Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, and Lady Grace Fitzroy, third dau. of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Cleveland; nephew of Hon. Randyll Vane (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1736 (Lloyd's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1744; MA Cambridge 30 Jul 1748/9; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 11 Apr 1745; Lieut. and Capt., 22 Feb 1746/7; 2nd Foot Guards 6 Feb 1749/50; ret. May 1758; Col. Durham Militia 26 Oct 1759, with rank of Col. in the Army during service 2 Jul 1779; MP Downton 24 Nov 1749 ñ Apr 1753, Co. Durham 11 May 1753 ñ 6 Mar 1758; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Darlington 6 Mar 1758; Lord Lieut., Co. Durham, from 11 Jul 1758; Master of the Jewel Office 29 Jan 1763 ñ 11 Jul 1782 (office abolished); Governor of Carlisle from Aug 1763; m. 19 Mar 1757 Margaret, dau. of Robert Lowther, Governor of Barbados, and sister of James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale; d. 8 Sep 1792.
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, 1807-1894
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, 1814-1832
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).