Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard
Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard CMG, OBE, MC, TD (28 October 1888 – 19 October 1964[1]) was a British peer and military officer.[1]
Education
Lord Barnard was born on 28 October 1888[1] as the second son of Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard and the Lady Catharine Sarah Cecil, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Exeter[2] at Barnard Castle in County Durham.[1]
Following in the footsteps of his father, he attended Eton College,[2] but unlike many of his ancestors studied at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge[1] for a B.A.[3] rather than attending the University of Oxford.
Career
Military
Upon the completion of his degree, he entered the armed services, participating in World War I[3] as a Major in the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry[2] in which he was awarded the Military Cross[2] and wounded in action twice.[1] His eldest brother, the Hon. Henry Cecil Vane, heir apparent to the barony of Barnard, also served in the Great War[3] but was subsequently wounded and died of those wounds shortly thereafter,[4] leaving his younger brother heir apparent to the title of Baron Barnard.[4]
In 1922, Lord Barnard gained the rank of Major in the 6th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry[1] and served with distinction in the battalion until 1931.[2]
Civilian
Upon his retirement from the armed services, Lord Barnard took a number of roles, mostly in the service of County Durham.[1] Between 1920 and 1963 he was Master[2] and, subsequently, Joint Master[1] of the Zetland Hunt and between the years 1958 and 1964 the Lord Lieutenant of Durham.[3] He was also a County Commissioner for the Durham Boy Scouts Association.[2] He was a keen horticulturist.[5]
He was a member of Brooks's gentleman's club[2][3] and resided at Raby Castle.[2] Unlike his father, he did not keep a London season home at 20 Belgrave Square, SW.[2]
Marriage and issue
On 14 October 1920 he married Sylvia Mary Straker[2] the daughter of Hubert Straker, at St Agatha's, Gilling West, and had three children:[2]
- The Hon. Rosemary Myra Vane (1921–1999)
- Harry John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard (born 1923)
- The Hon. Gerald Raby Vane (born 1926)[1]
Honours and accolades
Lord Barnard received many honours. In 1930 he was invested as a Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George[2] and gained the honorary rank of Colonel in the service of the 6th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, his former unit.[1] He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1955.[2][3]
Decline and death
In 1964 he gave up the Lord Lieutenancy of County Durham. Notably, a few years before his death[5] he divested himself of all but 1,713 acres (693 ha) of the 53,000-acre (21,000 ha) Raby estate.[5] He also resigned from the presidency of the County Territorial Army and Air Force Association.[5] He died on 19 October 1964[3] at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[5]
External links
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-0-7509-0154-3.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Barnard: Who's Who. London, UK: A & C Black. 1950. p. 132.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mosley, Charles (1999). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. pp. 192–93. ISBN 978-1-57958-083-4.
- 1 2 The Official Gazette of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham 1908 to 1919. Durham Freemasons. 1919. p. 172.
- 1 2 3 4 5 The Correspondent for Obituaries (20 October 1964). "Lord Barnard". The Times of London.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Lord Lawson |
Lord Lieutenant of Durham 1958–1964 |
Succeeded by Sir James Fitzjames Duff |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Henry Vane |
Baron Barnard 1918–1964 |
Succeeded by John Vane |