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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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.