Henry Vane, 9th Baron Barnard

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Caricature of Lord Barnard in Vanity Fair, 15 December 1898.
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
1892 – 28 December 1918
Preceded byThe 4th Duke of Cleveland
Succeeded byThe 10th Baron Barnard
Personal details
Born
Henry de Vere Vane

10 May 1854
Chief Commissioner

Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard,

Freemason.[1]

Education

He was born, on 10 May 1854,

Brasenose College and attaining the degree in 1876.[1]

After three years of training he became a

bar by the Inner Temple
; although it is unlikely he ever practised as a barrister.

Marriage and children

On 28 June 1881, he married Lady Catharine Sarah Cecil, daughter of the

Northamptonshire Militia between 1876 and 1884.[1]

His heir apparent was his second son, Christopher, who served in the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry being wounded in action and decorated in World War I.[1] Lord Barnard's first son, the Hon. Henry Cecil Vane, was badly wounded in France and subsequently died from his wounds.

Civil service career

Although the son of a minor member of the

Chief Commissioner in 1885 and served in that post until 1890.[1]

Elevation to the peerage

In 1891 the

Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords held him to be the 9th Baron Barnard and inheritor of the vast estates of Raby although he did not inherit the title of Duke of Cleveland which became extinct.[2] Lord Barnard therefore left the Charity Commission to concentrate on the management of the estate.[3] Contemporary sources[2]
describe him in this role as:

[winning] the hearts of all by his unaffected kindliness and consideration, and by the interest he evinced in everything that concerned the welfare of his estates and neighbours.[2][3]

Masonic career

Lord Barnard's masonic career commenced in 1874 when he was initiated into Apollo University Lodge No. 357 while studying at the University of Oxford.[3] When in London he became a member of Lodge of Friendship No. 6, where one of the members was John Fawcett who was Provincial Grand Master of Durham at the time.[3]

His association with the Province of Durham commenced during 1892 when he joined Rose of Raby Lodge No. 1650 at

Past Master of the distinguished Royal Alpha Lodge No. 16 into which Prince Arthur of Connaught was initiated. On the death of Hedworth Williamson during 1900, Lord Barnard was appointed Provincial Grand Master of Durham.[1]

His legal training and business skills vastly improved the organisation of freemasonry in north east England, with membership increasing from 3,330 to 9,000 during his tenure.[3] Two lodges, Lord Barnard Lodge No. 2935 at South Shields (consecrated during 1902) and Vane Lodge No. 3110 at Bishop Auckland (consecrated in 1905) were named in his honour.[3]

Honours and accolades

Lord Barnard held the honorary position of

Salop Infirmary at Shrewsbury in 1899.[4] He was a member of Brooks's and the Oxford and Cambridge Club.[1] As with the fashion of the time, he kept two houses, his provincial home being Raby Castle, Darlington and a residence for the London season at 20 Belgrave Square, SW.[1]
He was also awarded the honorary degree of
University of Durham in September 1901.[5]

Death

In November 1917, following the death of their first son in France, Lady Barnard fell ill and died on 16 March 1918.[6] Lord Barnard died nine months later, on 28 December 1918; his funeral was held New Year's Eve.[3] A masonic memorial service was held at Durham Cathedral,[2] at which the Dean of Durham James Welldon stated:

[he] succeeded by inheritance to a great position upon which it had not been possible for him with complete certainty to reckon. He accepted it in the simple spirit of duty and made best use of it while life and health were his, for the good of his fellow citizens.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Who's Who 1916. Oxford University Press. 1916. p. 172.
  2. ^ a b c d The Official Gazette of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham 1908 to 1919. Durham Freemasons. 1919. p. 172.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Durham Freemasons (2000). "The Rt. Hon. The Lord Barnard Provincial Grand Master of Durham 1900 to 1918" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  4. ISBN 0-9507849-0-7
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  5. ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36573. London. 30 September 1901. p. 4.
  6. ^ Coulson, Tom (1992). The Rt Hon Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard – A Short Masonic Biography. Durham Freemasons. pp. 26–43.
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Barnard
1892–1918
Member of the House of Lords
(1892–1918) 		Succeeded by
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