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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.

Van der Pant, Francis Neville, son of Francis Henry Morgan Van der Pant, of London, by Isabel Mary, daughter of Thomas Frost Hawkins, of Great Cornard, Suffolk; b. Jan. 15, 1900; adm. April 30, 1914 (H); left July 1918; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. (M T.) Oct. 28, 1918; Guy's Hospital; L.D.S., R.C.S. 1923; in practice in London; served in Great War II as Capt. Army Dental Corps, in charge of Dental Centre, Lincoln Barracks, also Dental Surgeon, Military Hosp., Lincoln May 1941 - Dec. 1943; m.; d. 1975.

Van der Gucht, Claude, youngest son of Charles John Van der Gucht, of Maida Vale, by Susan Rosalie, daughter of William Henry Hodding, M.R.C.S., of London; b. June 22, 1878; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); Q.S. 1893; left Feb. 1897; joined the Bombay Burma Trading Corpn. Ltd., Rangoon, Nov. 1898; local manager at Moulmein 1911-26; Consul for Siam at Moul­mein 1914-26; m. Sept. 17, 1903, Florence Isabel, daughter of George Roberts, of Hobart, Tasmania, d. Nov. 26, 1946.

VAN DE BEMPDE, JOHN, son of Abraham Van De Bempde, Westminster; b.; at school under Busby one year (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll., i, 448); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Mar 1672/3, readm. fellow commoner 27 Jun 1673, matr. 1672/3; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Aug 1670; m. 28 Aug 1699 Temperance Parker (IGI) [or Packer ?]; d. 1725 (will proved PCC 22 Jun 1726, surname given as Vanden Bempde, of St. James, Middlesex).

VALVASOUR, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1717; in under school list 1718. [Note Thomas Vavasour (sic), son of William Vavasour, bapt. Weston, Yorks. 21 Dec 1702 (IGI)]