Henry Cecil Vane

Hon. Henry Cecil Vane
Born	(1882-09-19)19 September 1882 Raby Castle, County Durham, England
Died	9 October 1917(1917-10-09) (aged 35) France
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Spouse	Lady Enid Victoria Rachel Fane ​ ​ (m. 1914)​
Children	0
Parents	Henry de Vere Vane (father) Lady Catharine Sarah Cecil (mother)
Relatives	Christopher Vane (brother)
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1914–1917
Rank	Major
Unit	Durham Light Infantry Yorkshire Hussars
Battles / wars	World War I

Major Hon. Henry Cecil Vane (19 September 1882 – 9 October 1917[1]) was the son and heir apparent of Henry Vane, 9th Baron Barnard of Raby Castle.[1] He was wounded in World War I and died of those wounds shortly after,[2] leaving his younger brother Christopher as heir to the Raby estates.[3]

Education

Vane was born on 19 September 1882 as the first son and heir apparent of Henry Vane, 9th Baron Barnard, at Raby Castle in County Durham.[4] Following family tradition, he attended Eton College[3] and went up to Christ Church at the University of Oxford[3] where he read for a BA,[1] taking the degree in 1900.[2]

On 25 August 1914, he married the Lady Enid Victoria Rachel Fane,[1] daughter of Anthony Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland, and Sybil Fane, Countess of Westmorland.[3]

Career

Upon leaving university he began his militia career in the 4th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, in which he held a captain's commission.[4] Three years after his graduation, in 1903, he became aide-de-camp to Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill,[4] the two-time Governor of Madras, who was, like Vane's father, a member of The Royal Alpha Lodge.[4] In his capacity as aide-de-camp, he subsequently acted for James Thompson[1] and Sir Gabriel Stokes.[1] He left this position in 1907.[2]

In the service of the Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry he gained the rank of Captain and then Major.[2]

Pastimes

Vane was a keen huntsman[2] and Master of the Foxhounds for the Zetland Hunt between 1909[2] up until his premature death, and renowned as a "gallant officer" and gentleman.[2] He was a member of the Marlborough gentleman's club and the Yorkshire Club.[2]

Death

He went into active service during World War I and was injured in that conflict in October 1917. He died in a hospital in France[2] as a result of those injuries on 9 October 1917.[3] On 31 December 1917 his will was probated by his wife.[5] As he left no issue, his younger brother Christopher inherited the title in December 1918.[1] His wife married again on 1 September 1922 to Major Herbert Broke Turnor, the son of Algernon Turnor, and had two daughters by him in 1924 and 1926. She died 9 September 1969.[6]

References

1. Who's Who 1916. Oxford University Press. 1916. p. 172.
2. "The Sporting Intelligence". Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes. 108 (2917). Baily's of London: 237. 1917.
3. Hammond, Peter W. (1998). The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All Its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. XIV. Shroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7509-0154-3.
4. The Grand Lodge of England (2003). Representative British Freemasons (reprint of the original work). London: Kessinger Publishing Co. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-0-7661-3589-5.
5. "No. 30484". The London Gazette. 18 January 1918. p. 1015.
6. Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. pp. 4140–4141. ISBN 978-0-7509-0154-3.