Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington

Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (1726 – 8 September 1792) was a British peer. [1]

Sir

Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington

MP
Born1726
Died8 September 1792
Raby Castle
Buried
Raby Castle
Allegiance Great Britain
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1745-1758
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Unit1st Foot Guards
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
The Earl of Darlington.
Raby Castle, seat of the Vane family

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.[2]

He joined the Army as an Ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards in 1745. He was subsequently promoted lieutenant and captain, and went to the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards as captain and lieutenant-colonel on 6 February 1750. He retired from the army in June 1758,[3] having succeeded as 2nd Earl of Darlington on the death of his father. He was then appointed Lord Lieutenant of County Durham from 1758-death, Governor of Carlisle from 1763-death and Master of the Jewel Office from 1763 to 1782.

From 1749 to 1753 he was Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Downton and from 1753 to 1758 for County Durham.[4]

Having inherited Raby Castle, County Durham in 1758, Vane continued his father's work to convert the castle into a residential mansion with the help of architect John Carr. He died in 1792 at Raby Castle and was buried there. He was succeeded by his only son William Harry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, who was later made Duke of Cleveland.

Family

Vane married Margaret Lowther, a daughter of Robert Lowther, the Governor of Barbados, on 19 March 1757 in London. They had four children:


References
  1. "VANE, Henry, Visct. Barnard (?1726-92)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Vane, Henry
  3. Mackinnon, Daniel (1833). Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards. II. London: Richard Bentley. pp. 484–485.
  4. Stockton & Darlington Railway
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
George Proctor
Richard Temple		 Member of Parliament for Downton
1749–1753
With: George Proctor 1749–1751
Thomas Duncombe 1751–1753		 Succeeded by
Thomas Duncombe
James Hayes
Preceded by
George Bowes
The Hon. Henry Vane		 Member of Parliament for County Durham
1753–1758
With: George Bowes		 Succeeded by
George Bowes
The Hon. Raby Vane
Political offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Lyttleton		 Master of the Jewel Office
1763–1782		 Succeeded by
Post abolished
Military offices
Preceded by
John Stanwix		 Governor of Carlisle
1763–1792		 Succeeded by
Montgomery Agnew
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Darlington		 Lord Lieutenant of Durham
1758–1792		 Succeeded by
The Earl of Darlington
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Henry Vane		 Earl of Darlington
1758–1792		 Succeeded by
William Vane

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