Baron Barnard

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Arms of Vane: Azure, three sinister gauntlets (appaumee) or These are a difference of the arms of the Fane family, Earls of Westmorland from 1624, which show: three dexter gauntlets back affrontee, with identical tinctures Arms of Vane.svg
Arms of Vane: Azure, three sinister gauntlets (appaumée) or 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
Raby Castle, the seat of the Vane family. From Jones' Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1819). Raby Castle from Jones' Views (1819).JPG
Raby Castle, the seat of the Vane family. From Jones' Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1819).

Baron Barnard, of Barnard Castle in the Bishopric of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1698 for Christopher Vane, who had previously served as a member of parliament for County Durham and Boroughbridge. Vane was the son of Sir Henry Vane the Younger and grandson of Sir Henry Vane the Elder. His grandson, the third Baron, notably served as Paymaster of the Forces and as Lord Lieutenant of County Durham. In 1754 he was created Viscount Barnard (of Barnard Castle) and Earl of Darlington, both in the County Palatine of Durham. Lord Darlington was the husband of Lady Grace FitzRoy, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, the illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.

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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 Totnes and Winchelsea 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 Raby Castle in the County of Durham, and Duke of Cleveland. In 1839 the Duke was given the additional honour of being made a Knight of the Garter.

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 Tory for Saltash and South Shropshire. When he died the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Duke. He represented Winchelsea and County Durham in the House of Commons as a Whig and St Ives and Ludlow 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 Diplomatic Service and also a Liberal Member of Parliament for South Durham and Hastings. 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 House of Lords 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. As of 2017 the title is held by the latter's son, the twelfth Baron. [2]

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 Peerage of Ireland in 1720 (see this title for more information).

William Vane, nephew of the ninth Baron, was created Baron Inglewood in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1964 (see this title for more information).

The family seat is Raby Castle, near Staindrop, County Durham.

Baron Barnard (1698)

Earl of Darlington (1754)

Marquess of Cleveland (1827)

Dukes of Cleveland (1833)

Baron Barnard (1698; reverted)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, William Henry Cecil Vane (born 2005).

Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Barons Barnard, Earls of Darlington, and Dukes of Cleveland
Christopher Vane
1st Baron Barnard

1653–1723
Henry Vane
1676–1676
Gilbert Vane
2nd Baron Barnard

1678–1753
Earl of Darlington
Henry Vane
1st Earl of Darlington

3rd Baron Barnard

c. 1705 – 1758
Hon.
Morgan Vane
1706–1779
Henry Vane
2nd Earl of Darlington

4th Baron Barnard

1726–1792
Hon.
Frederick Vane
1732–1801
Hon.
Raby Vane
1736–1769
Morgan Vane
1737–1789
Marquess of Cleveland
Duke of Cleveland
William Vane
1st Duke of Cleveland

3rd Earl of Darlington
5th Baron Barnard

1766–1842
John Vane
1788–1849
Henry Vane
2nd Duke of Cleveland

4th Earl of Darlington
6th Baron Barnard

1788–1864
William Vane
3rd Duke of Cleveland

5th Earl of Darlington
7th Baron Barnard

1792–1864
Harry Powlett
4th Duke of Cleveland

6th Earl of Darlington
8th Baron Barnard

1803–1891
Sir Henry Vane
1808–1886
Dukedom, marquessate
and earldom extinct
Henry Vane
9th Baron Barnard

1854–1918
Maj. Hon.
Henry Vane
1882–1917
Christopher Vane
10th Baron Barnard

1888–1964
John Vane
11th Baron Barnard

1923–2016
Henry Vane
12th Baron Barnard

born 1959
Hon.
Henry Vane
born 1990

Line of succession

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References

  1. 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)
  2. "Lord Barnard dies aged 92". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.