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Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard.
English politician and peer (1653-1723)
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About Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard
Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard, 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 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.
Everything about Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament, Member of the 1689-90 Parliament, Member of the 1690-95 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1653, May 21, 1653
- Died
- 1723, October 28, 1723