William Vane, 3rd Duke of Cleveland

British politician (1792–1864)

His Grace

The Duke of Cleveland

Member of Parliament for Ludlow
In office
1852–1857

Serving with Robert Windsor Clive, Percy Egerton Herbert

Preceded by| Henry Salwey
Henry Bayley Clive
Succeeded by| Beriah Botfield
Percy Egerton Herbert
Member of Parliament for St Ives
In office
1846–1852
Preceded by| William Tyringham Praed
Succeeded by| Robert Laffan
Member of Parliament for County Durham
In office
1815–1831

Serving with John Lambton, William Russell

Preceded by| Viscount Barnard
John Lambton
Succeeded by| Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt
William Russell
Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
In office
1812–1815

Serving with Calverley Bewicke

Preceded by| Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt
Calverley Bewicke
Succeeded by| Henry Brougham
Calverley Bewicke
Personal details
Born|

William John Frederick Vane

(1792-04-03)3 April 1792
Died| 6 September 1864(1864-09-06) (aged 72)
Spouse|

Lady Grace Caroline Lowther

(m. 1815)​

Relations| Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton (grandfather)
Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (brother)
Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland (brother)
Parent(s)| William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland
Lady Katherine Powlett
Education| Brasenose College, Oxford

William John Frederick Vane, 3rd Duke of Cleveland (3 April 1792 - 6 September 1864), styled The Hon. William Vane from 1792 to 1813, The Hon. William Powlett from 1813 to 1827 and Lord William Powlett from 1827 to 1864, was a British politician.

## Early life

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Vane was the second son of William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland and his first wife, Katherine, the second daughter and coheiress of Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton.[1]

Vane was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[1]

## Career

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He was Member of Parliament for Winchelsea from 1812 to 1815, for County Durham from 1815 to 1831, for St Ives from 1846 to 1852, and for Ludlow from 1852 to 1857. On 3 July 1815 at St James's Church, Piccadilly, he married Lady Grace Caroline Lowther (1792-1883), the fifth daughter of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale.[1][2]

After inheriting the estate of his maternal grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Bolton in 1809, he changed his surname to Powlett, under the terms of her will, by Royal Licence in 1813. On inheriting the dukedom of Cleveland from his childless brother Henry in 1864, he resumed the surname of Vane.[1][3]

## Personal life

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On 3 July 1815, Vane married Lady Grace Caroline Lowther (d. 1883), a daughter of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale.[1] Late in life, he lived at Harewood House, at Cheapside, in Berkshire.[4]

Like his elder brother Henry, William also died childless and his titles passed to their younger brother, Harry, who took the name of Powlett shortly after.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "VANE (afterwards POWLETT), Hon. William John Frederick (1792–1864), of Langton Grange, co. Dur. and Somerby, Leics". historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
2. ^ Thorne, R. G. (1986). The House of Commons. Boydell & Brewer. p. 433\. ISBN 978-0-436-52101-0. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
3. ^ Bryant, Chris (7 September 2017). Entitled: A Critical History of the British Aristocracy. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4735-2551-1.
4. ^ Williams, Gareth (2021). The Country Houses of Shropshire. Boydell & Brewer. p. 321\. ISBN 978-1-78327-539-7.

## External links

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* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord William Powlett
* Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt
Calverley Bewicke

|  Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
1812–1815
With:  Calverley Bewicke | Succeeded by

Henry Brougham
Calverley Bewicke

Preceded by

Viscount Barnard
John Lambton

|  Member of Parliament for County Durham
1815–1831
With:  John Lambton 1815–1828
William Russell 1828–1831  | Succeeded by

Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt
William Russell

Preceded by

William Tyringham Praed

|  Member of Parliament for St Ives
1846–1852  | Succeeded by

Robert Laffan

Preceded by

Henry Salwey
Henry Bayley Clive

|  Member of Parliament for Ludlow
1852–1857
With:  Robert Windsor Clive 1852–1854
Percy Egerton Herbert 1854–1857  | Succeeded by

Beriah Botfield
Percy Egerton Herbert

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by

Henry Vane

|  Duke of Cleveland
1864  | Succeeded by

Harry Vane

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

*[m.]: married