Baron Barnard, of

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in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1698 for Christopher Vane, who had previously served as a member of parliament for

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and

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. Vane was the son of

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and grandson of Sir Henry Vane the Elder. His grandson, the third Baron, notably served as

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and as

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. In 1754 he was created Viscount Barnard (of Barnard Castle) and Earl of Darlington, both in the

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. Lord Darlington was the husband of Lady Grace FitzRoy, daughter of

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland Charles Palmer, later Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 1st Duke of Southampton, KG, Chief Butler of England (18 June 1662 – 9 September 1730), styled Baron Limerick before 1670 and Earl of Southampton between 1670 and 1675 and known as T ...

, the illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress

Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (née Barbara Villiers, – 9 October 1709), was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of Eng ...

Succession

He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He sat as a member of parliament for Downton and County Durham and served as Lord Lieutenant of County Durham. On his death the titles passed to his son, the third Earl. He represented

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and

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in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of County Durham. In 1827 the Cleveland title held by his great-grandmother was recreated when he was made Marquess of Cleveland, and in 1833 the dukedom of Cleveland was also revived when he was created Baron Raby, of

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in the

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, and Duke of Cleveland. In 1839 the Duke was given the additional honour of being made a

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. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Duke. He was a general in the army and also sat as a Whig Member of Parliament for County Durham, Winchilsea and Totnes and as a

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for

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and

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. When he died the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Duke. He represented

and

in the

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as a Whig and St Ives and

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as a Tory. In 1813 he assumed by Royal Licence his mother's maiden name of Powlett but in 1864, on succeeding to the dukedom, he resumed by Royal Licence his patronymic Vane. He was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Duke. He was in the

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and also a

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Member of Parliament for

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and

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. In 1864 he assumed by Royal Licence his mother's maiden surname of Powlett in lieu of Vane. Like his two elder brothers he was childless and on his death 1891 the barony of Raby, the viscountcy, earldom, marquessate and dukedom became extinct, However, he was succeeded in the barony of Barnard, according to a decision by the Committee for Privileges of the

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in 1892, by his distant relative Henry de Vere Vane, who became the ninth Baron. He was the great-great-grandson of Morgan Vane, younger son of the second Baron. His second son, the tenth Baron, was Lord Lieutenant of County Durham. The latter's son, the eleventh Baron, succeeded in 1964 and served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham from 1970 to 1988. the title is held by the latter's son, the twelfth Baron.Lord Barnard dies aged 92
/ref> Two other members of the Vane family have been elevated to the peerage. William Vane, younger son of the first Baron Barnard, was made Viscount Vane in the

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in 1720 (see this title for more information). William Vane, nephew of the ninth Baron, was created

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in the

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in 1964 (see this title for more information). The family seat is

, near

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, County Durham.

Barons Barnard (1698)

Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard (21 May 1653 – 28 October 1723) was an English peer. He served in Parliament for Durham after his brother, Thomas, died 4 days after being elected the MP for Durham. Then, again from January 1689 - November ...

(1653–1723) *Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard (1678–1753) * Henry Vane, 3rd Baron Barnard (c. 1705–1758) (created Earl of Darlington in 1754)

Earls of Darlington (1754)

* Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, 3rd Baron Barnard (c. 1705–1758) * Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington, 4th Baron Barnard (1726–1792) * William Henry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, 5th Baron Barnard (1766–1842) (created Duke of Cleveland in 1833)

Dukes of Cleveland (1833)

* William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, 5th Baron Barnard (1766–1842) * Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 6th Baron Barnard (1788–1864) * William John Frederick Vane, 3rd Duke of Cleveland, 7th Baron Barnard (1792–1864) * Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland, 8th Baron Barnard (1803–1891)

Barons Barnard (1698; Reverted)

Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard FSA, JP, Hon. DCL (10 May 1854 – 28 December 1918) was a British peer and Senior Freemason. Education He was born, on 10 May 1854, as the son of Sir Henry Morgan Vane at Durham. In his youth he was ...

(1854–1918) (claim admitted 1892) **

Henry Cecil Vane Major Hon. Henry Cecil Vane (19 September 1882 – 9 October 1917) was the son and heir apparent of Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard of Raby Castle. He was wounded in World War I and died of those wounds shortly after, leaving his younger brot ...

(1882–1917) * Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard (1888–1964) * (Harry) John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard (1923–2016) * Henry Francis Cecil Vane, 12th Baron Barnard (b. 1959) The

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is the present holder's son William Henry Cecil Vane (b. 2005).

Line of Succession

* '' Sir Henry Vane the Elder (1589—1654)'' ** ''

(1613–1662)'' *** Coronet of a British Baron

(1653–1723)'' **** Coronet of a British Baron

''Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard (1678—1753)'' ***** Coronet of a British Earl

Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, PC (c. 1705 – 6 March 1758), known as Lord Barnard between 1753 and 1754, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1726 to 1753 when he succeeded to a peerage as Baron Barnard. Lif ...

(c. 1705—1758)'' ****** Coronet of a British Earl

Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (1726 – 8 September 1792) was a British peer. Life He was the son of the 1st Earl of Darlington and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a MA on 3 July 1749. He joined the Army as an En ...

(1726—1792)'' ******* Coronet of a British Duke

William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, Order of the Garter, KG (27 July 1766 – 29 January 1842), styled Viscount Barnard until 1792 and known as The Earl of Darlington between 1792 and 1827 and as The Marquess of Cleveland between 1827 an ...

(1766—1842)'' ******** Coronet of a British Duke

'' General Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1788—1864)'' ******** Coronet of a British Duke

'' William John Frederick Vane, 3rd Duke of Cleveland (1792—1864)'' ******** Coronet of a British Duke

'' Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland (1803—1891)'' ***** ''Morgan Vane (c. 1706—1779)'' ****** ''Morgan Vane (1737—1789)'' ******* ''John Henry Vane (1788—1849)'' ******** ''Sir Henry Morgan Vane (1808—1886)'' ********* Coronet of a British Baron

(1854—1918)'' ********** Coronet of a British Baron

'' Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard (1888—1964)'' *********** Coronet of a British Baron

'' Harry John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard (1923—2016)'' ************ Coronet of a British Baron

Henry Francis Cecil Vane, 12th Baron Barnard (born 1959) ************* (1)William Henry Cecil Vane (b. 2005) *********** ''Gerald Raby Vane (1926 - 1993) ********* ''Lt.-Col. William Lyonel Vane (1859—1920)'' ********** Coronet of a British Baron

'' William Morgan Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood (1909—1989)'' *********** (2) Coronet of a British Baron

William Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood (born 1951) ************ (1, 3) Henry William Frederick Fletcher-Vane (b. 1990) *********** (2, 4) Christopher John Fletcher-Vane (b. 1953) ************ (3, 5) Francis William Paul Fletcher-Vane (b. 1992) ************ (4, 6) Arthur Wladek Jocelyn Fletcher-Vane (b. 1995) **** Coronet of a British Viscount

William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane (1682 – 20 May 1734), of Fairlawn, Kent, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1734. Early life Vane was baptized on 17 February 1682, the second surviving son of Christ ...

(c. 1680—1734)'' ***** Coronet of a British Viscount

'' William Holles Vane, 2nd Viscount Vane (1713/4—1789)'' ** ''Sir George Vane (1618—1679)'' *** ''Lionel Vane'' **** ''George Vane (d. 1750)'' ***** ''Rev. Sir Henry Vane of Long Newton, 1st Baronet (1728—1794)'' ****** '' Sir Henry Vane-Tempest of Long Newton, 2nd Baronet (1771—1813)'' **** ''Walter Vane-Fletcher (b. 1692)'' ***** '' Sir Lionel Wright Vane-Fletcher of Hutton in the Forest, 1st Baronet (1723—1786)'' ****** ''

Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baronet Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baronet (27 February 1760 – 26 February 1832), was a British politician, landowner and aristocrat. He was MP for the pocket borough of Winchelsea, between 1792 and 1794, the borough of Carlisle, between 1796 ...

(1760—1832)'' ******* ''

Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd Baronet Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd Baronet (29 March 1797 – 15 February 1842), was a British landowner and aristocrat who served as High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1837.E. M. Swinhoe, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, ...

(1797—1842)'' ******** ''

Sir Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane, 4th Baronet Sir Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane (13 January 1830 – 1908) was the eldest son of Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd Baronet, Sir Francis Fletcher Vane, 3rd Baronet, and his wife, Diana Olivia (née Beauclerk). He was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the ...

(1830—1908)'' ******* ''Frederick Henry Fletcher-Vane (1807—1894)'' ******** '' Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher-Vane, 5th Baronet (1861—1934)''

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnard 1698 establishments in England Baronies in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1698

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Succession

Barons Barnard (1698)

Earls of Darlington (1754)

Dukes of Cleveland (1833)

Barons Barnard (1698; Reverted)

Line of Succession

See also

References