The Lord Barnard | |
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Member of the English Parliament for County Durham | |
In office October 1675 – February 1679 Serving with John Tempest | |
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Member of the English Parliament for Boroughbridge | |
In office January 1689 – November 1690 Serving with Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet | |
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Born | Christopher Vane 21 May 1653 |
Died | 28 October 1723 Shipbourne, Kent, England | (aged 70)
Relations | Sir Christopher Wray (grandfather) Anne Vane (granddaughter) William Vane, 2nd Viscount Vane (grandson) |
Children | William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane Henry Vane Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard |
Parent(s) | Henry Vane the Younger Frances Wray |
Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard (21 May 1653 – 28 October 1723), was an English peer. He served in Parliament for Durham after his brother, Thomas, died 4 days after being elected the MP for Durham. Then, again from January 1689 to November 1690 for Boroughbridge. He served in the Commons as a Whig collaborator during the passage of the Bill of Rights which his father, Sir Henry Vane the Younger, had fought for religious and civil liberty[1][2][3] before his beheading in 1662. He is known for his disputes with his heirs and for employing Peter Smart, father of the poet Christopher Smart, as a steward.