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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 to November 1690 for Boroughbridge.
Nov 25, 2016 · Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard (21 May 1653 – 28 October 1723) was an English peer. He is known for his disputes with his heirs and for employing Peter Smart, father of the poet Christopher Smart, as a steward.
Jan 30, 2011 · Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard of Barnard's Castle was baptised on 21 May 1653. 1 He was the son of Sir Henry Vane the Younger and Frances Wray. 1 He and Lady Elizabeth Holles obtained a marriage license on 9 May 1676. 1 He died on 28 October 1723 at age 70 at Fairlawn, Shipbourne, Tonbridge, Kent, England G. 1 He was buried at ...
An estate at Long Newton (County Durham) was settled on a younger son, Sir George Vane (see Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marquesses of Londonderry), but the other Kent and County Durham estates...
Christopher Vane, 1st Baron of Barnard Castle (1653-1723) was the 7th but 2nd surv. son of Sir Henry Vane the Younger and Frances Wray; bro. of Thomas Vane.
Biography. The son of a regicide, Vane had been a Whig collaborator under James II, being included in 1688 as one of the executors of the King’s will.
Sir Henry Vane ‡ (1589–1655), Charles I’s secretary of state, adopted Vane, the older version of the family name, and in 1626 purchased Raby Castle, Barnard Castle, and its estate from the crown for £18,000.
