Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington

Arms of Vane: Azure, three sinister gauntlets (appaumée) or^[1] These are a difference of the arms of the Fane family, Earls of Westmorland from 1624, which show: three dexter gauntlets back affrontée, with identical tinctures

Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington PC (c. 1705 – 6 March 1758) was an English peer, the son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard.

Vane was Whig MP for Launceston from 1726 to 1727, St Mawes between 1727 and 1741 and Ripon between 1741 and 1747 and County Durham between 1747 and 1753.

He was Vice Treasurer and Paymaster General of Ireland between 1742 and 1744 and became a Privy Counsellor (Ireland) in 1742. From 1749 to 1755, he was a Lord of the Treasury, Lord Lieutenant of Durham between 1753 and 1758 and Joint Paymaster of the Forces between 1755 and 1756. In 1753, he became 3rd Baron Barnard on the death of his father and was created 1st Earl of Darlington and 1st Viscount Barnard a year later.

Family

On 2 September 1725, he married Lady Grace Fitzroy, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland and they had seven children.^[2]

Hon. Charles Vane
Lady Harriet Vane, d. 1758
Lady Mary Vane
Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington, b. 1726, d. 8 Sep 1792
Lady Anne Vane, a botanist, b. 25 Jun 1726, d. Sep 1776
Hon. Frederick Vane, b. 26 Jun 1732
Hon. Raby Vane, b. 2 Jan 1736, d. 23 Oct 1769

References

↑ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.115, which omits appaumée, useful in differentiating from Fane arms; concerning appaumée Cussans (1898) states: "In blazoning a Hand, besides stating what position it occupies, and whether it be the dexter or sinister, and erased or couped, it must be mentioned whether it be clenched or appaumé". (Cussans, John, Handbook of Heraldry, 2nd Edition, London, 1868, p.47 , p.92)
↑ "Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington". /ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

"Archival material relating to Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington". UK National Archives.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Willes John Freind	Member of Parliament for Launceston 1726–1727 With: John Freind	Succeeded by John King Arthur Tremayne
Preceded by Sidney Godolphin Samuel Molyneux	Member of Parliament for St Mawes 1727–1741 With: John Knight 1727–1728 William East 1728–1734 Richard Plumer 1734–1741	Succeeded by Robert Nugent James Douglas
Preceded by William Aislabie Thomas Duncombe	Member of Parliament for Ripon 1741–1747 With: William Aislabie	Succeeded by William Aislabie Sir Charles Vernon
Preceded by John Hedworth George Bowes	Member of Parliament for County Durham 1747–1753 With: George Bowes	Succeeded by George Bowes The Hon. Henry Vane
Honorary titles
Vacant Title last held by The Bishop of Durham	Lord Lieutenant of Durham 1753–1758	Succeeded by The Earl of Darlington
Vacant Title last held by The Earl of Scarbrough	Vice-Admiral of Durham 1755–1758	Vacant Title next held by The Earl of Darlington
Peerage of England
Preceded by Gilbert Vane	Baron Barnard 1753–1758	Succeeded by Henry Vane
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by (new creation)	Earl of Darlington 1754–1758	Succeeded by Henry Vane

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