William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane

• VANE, William, 1st Visct. Vane [I] (c.1680-1734), of Fairlawn, Kent.
• b. c.1680, 2nd surv. s. of Christopher Vane, M.P., 1st Baron Barnard, by Lady Elizabeth Holles, da. of Gilbert Holles, M.P., 3rd Earl of Clare, sis. and coh. of John Holles, M.P., 1st Duke of Newcastle. m. (settlement 15 Nov. 1703), Lucy, da. and coh. of William Jolliffe of Caverswall Castle, Staffs., 3s. cr. Visct. Vane [I] 13 Sept. I720. suc. fa. at Fairlawn 1723.
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• Vane was first returned under Anne for Durham, where his family possessed large estates. After this he remained out of Parliament until 1727 when, having succeeded to his father’s Kent estates and unsuccessfully attempted to secure the Whig nomination for that county, he found himself a seat at Steyning,1 voting consistently against the Government. Defeated at Steyning in 1734, he was returned as an opposition Whig for Kent, dying of apoplexy a few days later, 20 May 1734.
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• VANE, Hon. William (1682-1734), of Fairlawn, Kent
• Family and Education
• bap. 17 Feb. 1682, 2nd surv. s. of Christopher Vane*, 1st Baron Barnard. m. settlement 15 Nov. 1703, Lucy (d. 1742), da. and coh. of William Joliffe*, 3s. (2 d.v.p.). cr. Visct. Vane [I] 13 Sept. 1720; suc. fa. at Fairlawn 1723.1
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• When, in the spring of 1703, Vane’s father treated to marry him into a wealthy merchant family it was agreed that the settlement would include Fairlawn, Kent, and lands in Durham, providing Vane with £500 p.a. for himself and £100 p.a. for his lady. After the marriage, however, his father refused to include Fairlawn in the settlement, and when Vane took legal advice on the matter his father took ‘great displeasure’ and stopped his allowance. When the case came before the Lords, the settlement was confirmed and Vane retained possession of Fairlawn. The attempt by Vane’s maternal uncle the Duke of Newcastle (John Holles†) to create an interest at Poole for him prior to the 1708 election came to nothing, but Vane was instead returned at this election for Durham on his father’s interest, and was classed as a ‘gain’ for the Whigs by Lord Sunderland (Charles, Lord Spencer*). On 15 Jan. 1709 he acted as teller against declaring Sir Cleave More, 2nd Bt.*, duly elected for Bramber, and on 22 Mar. was appointed to carry to the Lords a bill concerning the Duke of Newcastle’s estates. His Whig instincts were demonstrated by his votes for the naturalization of the Palatines, and the following session for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell. He was teller three times during the 1709–10 session: against a motion that Samuel Shepheard I* was duly elected for Cambridge (9 Feb.); against recommitting the address of thanks to the Queen for the prosecution of Dr Sacheverell (4 Mar.); and for bringing up a petition concerning an estate bill (31 Mar.). He did not stand in 1710, his father being ‘persuaded to drop’ him despite the Duke of Newcastle’s offer to pay £1,000 towards his election expenses. He returned to the Commons in 1727, by which time he had been raised to the Irish peerage, and remained a Member until his death, aged 53, on 20 May 1734. He was buried on 5 June at Shipbourne, Kent, and was succeeded by his only surviving son.2
• Ref Volumes: 1690-1715
• Author: Eveline Cruickshanks
• Notes
• 1. IGI, Kent; Surtees, Dur. iii. 214; Hutchinson, Dur. iii. 264.
• 2. HMC Lords, n.s. vi. 341–3; PRO 30/24/20/338–9; HMC Portland, iv. 570; Add. 70278, Robert Price* to Robert Harley*, [Aug. 1710].
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Wikipedia Biographical Summary

William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane (17 February 1682 – 20 May 1734), was a British Whig politician.

Vane was the third son of Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard, and Lady Elizabeth Holles, daughter of Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare and sister of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle. He inherited a substantial fortune from his mother's family. He was returned to Parliament for County Durham in 1708, a seat he held until 1710. In 1720 he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Vane, of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone, and Viscount Vane. These titles did not disqualify him from sitting in the House of Commons and in 1727 he was successfully returned for Steyning. On 15 May 1734 he was elected a Knight of the Shire for Kent. However, he died suddenly only five days later.

Lord Vane married Lucy Jolliffe, daughter of Sir William Jolliffe, of Caverswall Castle, Staffordshire, in 1703. He died Fairlawn, Wrotham, Kent, in May 1734, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only surviving son, William. Lady Vane died in March 1742.

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