Married 17-Sep-1787
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Husband:
William Harry Vane Born: 27-Jul-1766 Died: 29-Jan-1842 Father: Henry Vane Mother: Margaret Lowther Other Spouses: Elizabeth Russell Occupation: 5th Baron Barnard 8-Sep-1792 3rd Earl of Darlington 8-Sep-1792 1st Marquess of Cleveland 5-Oct-1827 1st Duke of Cleveland 29-Jan-1833 1st Baron Raby of Raby Castle 29-Jan-1833 K.G. 17-Apr-1839 MP (Whig) Totnes 1788-90 MP (Whig) Winchelsea 1790-2 Col. of Princess of Wales's Fencible Cavalry c1794-c1799 aka Harry William Vane, and William Henry Vane. Matriculated at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 25-Apr-1783. Bearer of the 3rd Sword at the Coronation of William IV, 8-Sep-1831. Cousin to his first wife, Katherine, who was 2nd dau. of Harry Powlett, 6th and last Duke of Bolton, by his 2nd wife, Katherine, sister of James, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, and dau. of Robert Lowther, Governor of Barbados. Although William Harry was owner of 6 'pocket borough' seats (2 Ilchester, 2 Camelford, 2 Winchelsea), he was a zealous supporter of Reform. It was said "he bought his boroughs to be made a Marquess, and gave them up to be a Duke." He obtained the title of Marquess under the Ministry of Viscount Goderich, and his Dukedom under the Ministry of Earl Grey. He was a keen sportsman, and Master of the Raby Hunt foxhounds. ---- Cleveland House History (from website www.clevelandhouse.co.uk) The land now comprising St James’s Square was given by King Charles II to the Earl of St Albans for his support of the Crown during the years of exile. The site of Number 19 was first sold in 1674 by the Earl to a builder, Richard Frith. He constructed a magnificent house on the site which was first occupied by Arthur Capel who, at the Restoration, was created Earl of Essex for his services to Charles I. Capel was made Viceroy of Ireland but in 1683 became involved in a plot to assassinate Charles II and was sent to the Tower, where his father before him had been taken for execution some 34 years previously for his part in the Civil War. The property was thereafter occupied by a number of notables including Alexander Popham, Member of Parliament for Bath,Charles Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk and the Venetian Ambassador to England. The property was then again sold in June 1720 to the Duke of Cleveland, the son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, who has been described as the most greedy and lascivious of the Royal mistresses and who was created a Duchess by her Royal lover. The property thereafter passed to William Vane, Marquis of Cleveland, who in 1813 outraged polite society by marrying Elizabeth Russell, the daughter of a market gardener and formerly a mistress of Coutts, the banker. The Duke was sufficiently rich to be able to ignore public opinion and was reputed to have had his wine glasses made without a foot so that they would not stand, thereby obliging the recipient to drink the whole glass while dining (comment attributed to Lord Belhaven). The building remained occupied by William Vane’s heirs in opulent splendor until 1891 when the house passed to the 9th Lord Barnard. He and his trustees sold it in August 1894 for £51,320 to a Mr Arnold Gabriel of Portchester Terrace, who in 1899, demolished the old mansion and erected a new building which was unrivalled in ugliness. The building was first occupied by the Stores Transport and Pensions department of the War Office. From about 1909 it was mainly in residential occupation, and housed amongst others two knights of the realm, the Duke of Hamilton and Sir Alfred Butt, Chairman and Managing Director of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. At the time of his death on the 8th June 1932, 19 St James’s Square was the home of Sir William Joynson Hicks, the First Viscount Brentford who had previously in 1924 become Home Secretary. In the late 1950’s Cleveland House was occupied as offices by HM Inspectorate of Factories and, in 1966, a contemporary style office building was constructed to a design by Chapman Taylor & Partners. ---------- Of Edward Pease of the Stockton & Darlington railway: In 1818 Pease tried to obtain Parliamentary approval for the construction of the railway, but his bill was rejected due to the opposition of the Duke of Cleveland. Apparently the direction the railway was going to take was going to bring it near one of the Duke's fox-covers. This didn't stop Pease, however, and in 1819 he proposed a new route and received royal assent on April 19, 1821 to build it. Pease had originally intended the railway to serve as a means of transporting cars of coal pulled by horses. This changed when he met George Stephenson. ------- The renowned Raby Station, some 20 km west of Warren and acknowledged as one of the best sheep breeding and grazing properties in Australia. Selected in 1887 by Francis Lord, Raby Station was named after the castle occupied by the first Duke of Cleveland, William Vane in the County of Durham. Vane was an agriculturalist, and to him and Raby is attributed the introduction of the famous Durham breed of Shorthorn cattle over 200 years ago. ---------- Tynemouth, Devon The Master Mariner's Homes A Friendly Society supported by annual subscription from local Master Mariners titled 'The Masters Mariners Asylum' was established in North Shields on the 1st January 1829 and occupied committee rooms in Dockwray Square. Patrons were the Duke of Northumberland, the Duke of Cleveland and Lord Ravensworth. ------- Of St.Cuthbert's church, in Durham? By the middle of the 18th century, the bells were seriously in need of repair. The four old bells were recast by Lester and Pack of London, at a cost of £188 9s 7½d, and two new ones were added. They were hung and tuned by James Harrison of Barrow in Lincolnshire (the brother of the inventor of the marine chronometer) and the work was paid for by subscriptions from, amongst others, the Earl of Darlington, the Duke of Cleveland and John Pease. ------------- Of Rotten Boroughs in 1831 A pocket borough was a parliamentary constituencies owned by one man who was known as the patron. Since the patron controlled the voting rights, he could nominate the two members who were to represent the borough. Some big landowners owned several pocket boroughs. For example, at the beginning of the 18th century, the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Darlington both had the power to nominate seven members of the House of Commons. Others, like Lord Fitzwilliam and Lord Lonsdale had even more seats under their control. All these men also had seats in the House of Lords. Borough of Tregony (Cornwall?) Duke of Cleveland (seats 2, houses 234, voters 260) Peculiarly, this is the ONLY borough in Cornwall with a higher number of voters than houses. All of the others were grossly weighted in favour of a few voters, except Woodstock Duke of Marlborough 2 261 241 In 1815 Lord Darlington offered Henry Brougham the vacant seat of Winchelsea. Like Camelford, Winchelsea was a pocket borough. Unable to find a seat which he had a chance of winning, Brougham accepted Lord Darlington's offer and the following year became M. P. for Winchelsea. Winchelsea Marquis of Cleveland 2 148 11 Camelford Earl of Darlington 2 110 31 ------------ In 1626 Raby became the seat of the Vanes, Earls of Darlington and Dukes of Cleveland and the present owner, Lord Barnard is a member of this family. He is the owner of the vast Raby Estate which extends over a large area of south Durham. Farmhouses and cottages belonging to this estate can be found throughout the northern side of Teesdale and are easily identified by their attractive whitewashed exteriors. Whitewashing goes back to the days when a Duke of Cleveland became stranded in a storm while out hunting in Teesdale. He was refused shelter at a local farmhouse which he had mistaken for one of his own properties. The Duke was determined not to suffer such a humiliation ever again and ordered that from that day on, all buildings belonging to his estate were to be painted white for identification.Raby Castle is said to be haunted by three ghosts, they are the headless Henry Vane the Younger, Sir Charles Neville and the First lady Barnard, who is known as `Old Hell Cat'. ------------ Curious note on a deed record at Somerset Archive http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/dservea/ regarding a house in Bridgewater (Ref No DD\BR\lch/14 - House on east side of St Mary Street, containing 1 shop, 1 kitchen, 1 buttery, 1 entry and 3 chambers above, 1727-93; 2 closes of pasture, part of Racks Closes, 1796.). "Probate of will of the Rev. John Vane, rector of Wrington and Burrington, 1870, proved 1871 (natural son of 1st Duke of Cleveland, Chaplain in Ordinary to William IV and Queen Victoria)." John Vane M.A instituted rector of Wrington 26-June-1826 (next rector instituted 7-Mar-1871) -----Of Wrington All Saints, & John Vane: The large west door, at the base of the tower, has some interesting heraldry in its spandrels. Prior to the restoration of 1860 there were carvings on the sides of the door which had become largely illegible due to weathering. These were removed and in their place, shields bearing the Vane family arms were inserted. The Revd. John Vane was Rector at the time of restoration of the church, and the arms of his family replaced a punning rebus on the name of the village - a carving of a "ring" and a "tun". The tracery of the east window of the chancel is an exact copy of a window of circa 1300. The original tracery was removed at the Victorian restoration and re-erected in the garden of a house at the Grove. The new stained glass window, depicting "The Good Shepherd", was the gift of the Revd. John Vane. The l6th century Oak Screen almost became a victim of the "restorers". At a meeting in October 1859 it was debated whether the screen should be retained. Legend says that it was saved by the intervention of the Revd. John Vane, who leapt upon his horse at Burrington, and galloped to Wrington, where he protested to such effect that it was decided to retain the screen in its present position. It was, however, stripped of the paint with which it had been thickly daubed prior to restoration. The Pulpit is also of Caen stone, and was placed in the church at the Victorian restoration. It had been planned by the restoration committee to have a new stone pulpit, but funds ran short and it was decided to obtain an estimate for an oak one. The Revd. John Vane intervened and gave the present pulpit. The middle window of the aisle is dedicated to the Revd. John Vane, Rector of Wrington from 1828 until 1871. At various times the Revd. John Vane was President of the Wrington Literary Society, a trustee of each of the four Friendly Societies, and President and Trustee of the Wrington Village Hospital. He it was who presented the silver teapots to the Wrington Female Friendly Society in 1841. He was the first Priest in Charge of Christ Church, Redhill, having contributed a large part of the cost of the church, which was consecrated in 1844. He was also responsible for the building of the mixed national school at Lulsgate Bottom, and in 1861 it was recorded that the school was largely supported by him, aided by a few small subscriptions and the children's pence. He was one time Chaplain of the House of Commons and was reputed to be very popular with his farming friends. He was said to believe that the first object of study for a country clergyman should be composts, was an authority on the succession of crops and the subsoil plough. He made a smart speech at an agricultural dinner and was said to manage the clods under his care with an intuitive cleverness. Burrington is one of the few parishes in England having the right to elect its own incumbent, and their selection had to be approved by the Rector of Wrington. The Rector, however, had no power of rejection, this being confirmed in 1828 in the Court of Chancery when the election of the Revd. Arnold to the Curacy was rejected by the Revd. John Vane. The candidate, however, declined the living, whereupon the Revd. John Vane assured the Burrington parishioners that he would present a man equally acceptable to him and to them. When they agreed, he nominated himself, and became Vicar of Burrington as well as Rector of Wrington. ------ I have no other sources regarding 'John Vane, Rev' yet, and no mention of him in the 'accepted' family tree of Wm Harry Vane, 1st Duke Cleveland. Could this indicate he was descended from the first Duke's second marriage, to Elizabeth Russell? |
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Wife:
Katherine Margaret Powlett Born: 1766 Died: 17-Jun-1807 Father: Harry Powlett Mother: Katherine Lowther Occupation: Countess of Darlington Nov-1816 aka Paulet. Maternal cousin to her husband, William Harry Vane. 2nd dau. and co-heir of Harry Powlett, 6th and last Duke of Bolton, by his 2nd wife Katherine Lowther, (sister of James, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, and sister of Margaret Lowther, all children of Robert Lowther, Governor of Barbados). |
Child 1:
Henry VaneBorn: 6-Aug-1788 Died: 18-Jan-1864 Spouse: Sophia Poulett Children: Occupation: 2nd Duke of Cleveland 29-Jan-1842 2nd Marquess of Cleveland 29-Jan-1842 4th Earl of Darlington 29-Jan-1842 6th Baron Barnard 29-Jan-1842 2nd Baron Raby of Raby Castle 29-Jan-1842 K.G. 11-Apr-1842 (while Viscount Barnard) MP (Whig) Co. Durham 1812-5 MP (Whig) Winchelsea 1816-8 MP (Whig) Tregony 1818-26 MP (Whig, then Tory) Totnes 1826-30 (while Earl of Darlington) MP (Tory) Saltash 1830-1 MP (Tory) Salop South 1832-42 Joined Army 1815 Lt.Col. 75th Foot 1824 Maj. Gen 1851 Lt. Gen 1857 Gen. (Army) 1863 Matriculated at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 21-Apr-1806. |
Child 2:
Louisa Katherine Barbara VaneBorn: 4-Jan-1791 Died: 8-Jan-1821 Spouse: Francis Forester Children: Henry William Forester Occupation: Lady |
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Child 3:
William John Frederick Vane Powlett Born: 3-Apr-1792 Died: 6-Sep-1864 Spouse: Grace Caroline Lowther Children: Occupation: 3rd Duke of Cleveland 18-Jan-1864 3rd Marquess of Cleveland 18-Jan-1864 5th Earl of Darlington 18-Jan-1864 7th Baron Barnard 18-Jan-1864 2nd Baron Raby of Raby Castle 18-Jan-1864 MP Winchelsea 1812-5 MP Co. Durham 1815-31 MP St. Ives 1846-52 MP Ludlow 1852-7 Matriculated at Oxford (Brasenose College) 24-May-1809, M.A. 10-Jun-1812 On 14-Apr-1813 he took the surname Powlett in place of Vane, under the will of his maternal grandmother, Duchess of Bolton (Katherine Powlett, nee Lowther). On 4-Mar-1864, after becoming Duke, he resumed the name Vane. |
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Child 4:
Catherine Mary Vane Born: 8-Feb-1795 Died: 11-May-1795 Spouse: Children: Occupation: Lady |
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Child 5:
Augusta Henrietta Vane Born: 26-Dec-1796 Died: 13-Sep-1874 Spouse: Mark Milbank Children: Mark William Vane Milbank, Frederick Acclom Milbank, Henry John Milbank, Augusta Milbank, Augustus Sussex Milbank, Mary Emily Milbank Occupation: Lady |
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Child 6:
Laura Vane Born: 6-Jan-1800 Died: 23-Nov-1882 Spouse: William Henry Meyrick Children: Elizabeth Laura Meyrick, Augustus William Meyrick, Laura Sophia Meyrick, Caroline Francis Meyrick, Arabella Augusta Meyrick Occupation: Lady |
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Child 7:
Arabella Vane Born: 2-Jun-1801 Died: 26-Nov-1864 Spouse: Richard Pepper Arden Children: Occupation: Lady |
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Child 8:
Harry George Vane Powlett Born: 19-Apr-1803 Died: 21-Aug-1891 Spouse: Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Children: Occupation: 4th Duke of Cleveland 4th Marquess of Cleveland 6th Earl of Darlington 8th Baron Barnard --------- Records of the 4th Duke of Cleveland's Death (1891) Bath Chronicle of 27 Aug 1891 Duchess of Cleveland was Lady Leconfield also mentioned Lady May Hope Lived in St. James' Square, London 4th Duke born Apr 19 1803 "he was a liberal and in favour of social improvement and steady progress" Barony of Barnard reverts to Mr Henry de Vere Vane, eldest son of late Henry Morgan Vane (Sir), brother of 1st Earl of Darlington [my note - Henry de Vere Vane became 9th Baron Barnard - current Baron is 11th) Had his will made out with blanks for names and figures, and filled them in himself privately later. Funeral recorded in Bath Chronicle of 3 Sep 1891 Funeral Coaches: 1st Coach Capt. Forester [married to Duke's great-neice, and himself Duke's grand-nephew] Gen. Meyrick [maybe William Henry Meyrick, husband of Lady Laura Vane but unlikely, possibly Augustus Wm Henry Meyrick, their son] Mr. Henry de Vere Vane Rev. Gilbert Vane 2nd Coach Col. Hay Mr. A.W.H. Hay Mr. Powlett Millbank Sir Henry Vane 3rd Coach Marquis of Winchester Earl of Rosebery [probably Archibald Philip Dalmeny Primrose - 5th Earl of Rosebery, later Prime Minister] Earl Stanhope Rev. H. Vane Russell 4th Coach Lord Leconfield Mr. Henry Hope Hon. K. Stanhope Hon Philip Stanhope ------------------ The Bolton Estate (of which His Grace Harry George Fourth and last Duke of Cleveland was tenant in-tail) Cornwall Second Portion For sale by auction 9 June 1904 Description This is a large format booklet published by the auctioneer, Joseph Strower of London. It contains 3 maps, two at a scale of 6" to the mile and one at a scale of 88 feet to the inch, each coloured to show the bounds of each lot. All the property concerned is in the parishes of Ludgvan, St. Ives, Towednack and Zennor and totals about 2,711 acres. Also included are the advowson of Ludgvan and the manors of Ludgvan Leaze and Porthia [Prior?]. The vendors were Capt. Francis William FORESTER, The Hon. Mrs. Sybella Augustus HERBERT, Miss. Edith Dorothy MILLBANK and Mrs. Elizabeth MEYRICK. ------------- Battle Abbey http://www.worldbookdealers.com/books/hughpagan/0000149500/bk0000149520.asp Author: (Cleveland, Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina, Duchess of) Title: History of Battle Abbey. Publication: London, printed by William Clowes & Sons 1877. Price: £220 ($US 319 approx.) Reference No: 5871 Square 8vo. (8) + 357 + (1)pp, folding ground plan. Contemporary full panelled green morocco, gilt (signed binding by Leighton, Brewer Street). Presentation copy from Duchess of Cleveland to Edward Lennox Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne (1831-1919), with presentation inscription on title leaf and Lord Sherborne's bookplate. Battle Abbey, built as a monastery on the site of the battle of Hastings, was converted into a country house in the middle of the sixteenth century by Sir Anthony Browne, a favourite of Henry VIII, and the resulting building, incorporating both mediaeval and Tudor features, passed down in the successive ownership of the Browne and Webster families until 1857, when it was acquired by Lord Henry Vane, afterwards 4th Duke of Cleveland. The dominant figure in the Cleveland household was not the Duke but the Duchess, a sister of the historian Lord Stanhope and mother by her previous marriage of the future British prime minister Lord Rosebery, and this rare volume by her, produced for private circulation, supplies both a history of the abbey and an up-to-date description of the abbey buildings as restored for the Duke and Duchess by the architect Henry Clutton. The Duchess discusses the furnishing, paintings and other works of art in each of the principal rooms, with much interesting comment (but it is amusing in this context that although she records various expensive objets d'art as having been inherited by the Duke from his stepmother, the Dowager Duchess, she offers no information on the Dowager Duchess herself, a lady with a colourful reputation who in her youth had been kept as a mistress by the banker Thomas Coutts). This book should on no account be confused with a much slimmer book by the Duchess written by her as a guide book for visitors to the house. Not in British Library and no copy reported to NUC. --------- Of the fiftieth anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Rly (1875) At approximately 5.0 p.m. on 27th September, the statue of Joseph Pease was unveiled on the High Row by the Duke of Cleveland, followed by speeches by the Mayor of Darlington and Mr. J.W. Pease. The ceremony having been somewhat delayed due to the absence of the trumpeters, who could not be found for some time. ------ Of Battle Abbey Powder mills It was reputed that these Powdermills made the best gunpowder in Europe and the reputation of the Battle factory was very high during the Peninsular and the Crimean Wars. The extensive works over the years did not escape accidents, and there were many deaths due to explosions. In 1876, the Duke of Cleveland, the then owner of the Battle Abbey Estate, refused to renew the lease because of this constant danger and, after 200 years of gunpowder manufacture, the mills were closed and fell silent. Powdermill House remained empty until 1901 when, following the death of the Duchess of Cleveland, Sir Augustus Webster, the 8th Baronet, bought back the Abby and the local Estate which had previously been owned by his ancestors. ------- Key dates in Education Great Britain 1000 - 1899 1874 Report of the Royal Commission on the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, (chairman, the Duke of Cleveland) recommended the provision of more professors and lecturers and more and better equipped laboratories in order to promote research and improve teaching. These developments to be paid for from a Common University Fund maintained by contributions from the colleges in proportion to their wealth. Fellows should be allowed to marry. ------------- Mr. Henry de Vere Vane's claim to the ancient barony of Barnard in Durham vacant by the death of the Duke of Cleveland; granted by the House of Lords 30 May , 1892 -------- Also owned Bigbury Manor, near Plymouth circa 1878 |
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