Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest

Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane-Tempest (2 July 1825 – 11 June 1864),^[1] known until 1854 as Lord Adolphus Vane,^[2] was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was the fourth child (and second son) of Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and his wife Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry.

In December 1852, he was elected at a by-election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham, but the election was overturned on petition the next year.^[3]

In 1854 he was elected unopposed to the House of Commons as MP for North Durham after the death of his father, filling the seat vacated by his elder brother George Vane-Tempest, Viscount Seaham, who succeeded to the peerage as Earl Vane. He held the seat until his death in 1864,^[3] aged 38.

According to Anne Isba, author and Victorian Studies scholar, Vane was "notoriously unstable" and was "described by Queen Victoria as having 'a natural tendency to madness.' Vane, who on one occasion violently attacked his wife and infant son, died four years later during a struggle with four keepers."^[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest

16. Colonel William Stewart, of Ballylawn               8. Alexander Stewart, of Mount Stewart                       17. Frances Stewart               4. Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry                             18. John Cowan               9. Mary Cowan                       19. Anne Stewart               2. Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry                                   20. Sir John Pratt               10. Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden                       21. Elizabeth Wilson               5. Lady Frances Pratt                             22. Nicholas Jeffreys               11. Elizabeth Jeffreys                       1. Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest                                         24. George Vane               12. Sir Henry Vane, 1st Baronet                       25. Anne Machon               6. Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet                             26. John Tempest, MP               13. Frances Tempest                       27. Frances Shuttleworth               3. Lady Frances Anne Vane-Tempest                                   28. Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim               14. Randal William MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim                       29. Anne Plunkett               7. Anne MacDonnell, 2nd Countess of Antrim                             30. Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres               15. The Hon. Letitia Morres                       31. Lady Letitia Ponsonby

References

1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
2. "Lord Adolphus Vane". Hansard 1803-2005. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 118, 382. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
4. Anne Isba, Gladstone and Women, 2006, p.96

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest