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. 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, 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, JOHN, natural son of William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland KG; grandson of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (qv); b. 1792; at school 1799; up Clapham’s in 1800, 1801; in school list 1801; had the reputation of being one of the best fighters of his time at the School; left 1808; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Apr 1809; BA 1814; migr. to Magdalene Coll. Cambridge; MA 1817; Fellow, Magdalene Coll.; ordained; Vicar of Wroxeter, Shropshire 22 Aug 1823 - Jun 1828; Vicar of Burrington, Somerset, from 6 Oct 1831; Rector of Wrington, Somerset, from 16 Feb 1832; Deputy Clerk of the Closet 1839; Chaplain to Speaker, House of Commons, 1835-9; Fellow, Dulwich Coll.; d. 29 Dec 1870.

Vanneck, Arthur Louis, brother of Richard Grant Vanneck (q.v.); b. June 16, 1900; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (G); left July 1918; Air-Mechanic R.A.F. June 26, 1918, Photographic Section; demob. Jan. 1919; a telephone equipment engineer on the staff of the General Electric Co.; A.M.I.E.E. 1946; m. Dec. 12, 1929, Nancye Helen, daughter of Walter Ross-Reynolds, of Hobart, Tasmania; d. April 6, 1950.

Vanneck, Richard Grant, son of Arthur Percy Vanneck, of Paddington, barrister-at-law, by Annie, daughter of Richard Armstrong, of Paddington; b. Aug. 10, 1893; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (G); left July 1911; Exeter Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1911; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.; Capt. 13th Batt. London Regt. June 21, 1917; served in France; M.C. July 18, 1917; A.M.I.E.E. 1924; M.I.E.E. 1937; a telephone engineer in Venezuela; m. Feb. 20, 1915, Winifred, daughter of Harold Herbert Mulroney, of Bombay; d. 1978.

Vanner, William Engelbert, son of John Vanner of Stoke Newington and Edith Sophia, d. of Harry Stanley of Stoke Newington; b. 24 June 1905; adm. Jan. 1920 (A); left Dec. 1921; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1928; practised in London and Pinner; m. 5 Oct. 1933 Violet, d. of Rowland Aston of Golders Green; d. 1940.

VARDON, LEWIS, son of William Vardon, and his second wife Jemima Fleming; b. 21 Jun 1818; adm. 13 Jan 1834 (Stelfox's); went to King’s Coll. London; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1837; Cornet 8 Feb 1837; 1st Bombay Light Cavalry 1 Dec 1837; Lieut., 19 Feb 1839; d. from effects of a fall from his horse at Mahabaleshwar Hill, Bombay 5 Apr 1842.

VARDON, NOEL HOVENDEN BRYAN, son of Thomas Vardon (qv); b. 10 Jun 1834; adm. Harrow Sch. 1846; adm. Jul 1848 (Rigaud's); left 14 Dec 1849; Addiscombe Coll. 1850-1; Ensign, 13th Light Infantry 12 Dec 1851; Lieut., 13 Jan 1854; Capt., 25 Jan 1856; half-pay 10 Nov 1856 - 8 Jan 1858; ret. 4 Jun 1861; served in Crimean War; living London 1881 (1881 Census); m. Katherine ---.

VARDY, EDWARD, brother of John Vardy (qv); b.; in school list 1754; KS 1760; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1765, matr. 7 Jun 1765, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1765 - void 12 Jul 1783 (expiry year of grace as Perp. C. Market Harborough from 8 Jul 1782); BA 1769; MA 1772; ordained deacon 23 May 1769, priest 14 Jan 1772 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate of Market Harborough and Great Bowden, Leics., from 1780 [check]; Rector of Llan-y-Meurig, [check county] 1782-98; Rector of Yelvertoft, Northants, from 1785; d. 23 Jul 1824.