Vane (surname)

Vane is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:^{[nb 1]}

Charles Vane (c.1680–1721), English pirate who preyed upon English and French shipping.
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (1852–1915), British Conservative politician
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878–1949), Secretary of State for Air in the 1930s
Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard (1653–1723), English peer
Cristina Vane, country blues singer, guitarist, banjoist and songwriter
Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (1878–1959), socialite and philanthropist
Sir Francis Vane, Baronet, (1861–1934), founder of the Order of World Scouts
George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry (1821–1884), Anglo-Irish aristocrat, businessman and Conservative politician
Henry Vane:
- Sir Henry Vane the Elder (1589–1655), English courtier, father of Henry Vane the Younger
- Sir Henry Vane the Younger (1613–1662), statesman, Puritan, son of Henry Vane the Elder
- Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington (c. 1705–1758) (c. 1705 – 6 March 1758), an English peer, the son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard
- Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (1726–1792), English peer, the son of the 1st Earl
John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard (21 September 1923 — 3 April 2016), British peer, the son of Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard
John Robert Vane (1927–2004), English pharmacologist
Kathleen (Kitty) Vane (1891 - 1965), New Zealand painter
Mark Sutton Vane, English architectural lighting designer
Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood (b. 1951), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry (1902–1955), Irish peer and politician
William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland (1766–1842), British peer
William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood (1909–1989), British politician
Zachary A. Vane, American politician

Fictional characters

Harriet Vane, a fictional character in the works of British writer Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
Protagonists from The Vane Sisters, short story by Vladimir Nabokov

Notes

^ Before the 18th century it was not unusual for the name Vane also to be spelt Fane — See for example Sir Ralph Vane of Badsel Manor, executed at Tower Hill 1552 — and so it is not unusual for different modern sources to use different spellings for the same person prior to the 18th century.

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[1] Before the 18th century it was not unusual for the name Vane also to be spelt Fane — See for example Sir Ralph Vane of Badsel Manor, executed at Tower Hill 1552 — and so it is not unusual for different modern sources to use different spellings for the same person prior to the 18th century.

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Vane (surname)

Fictional characters

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