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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.