Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest

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For the actor, son of the subject of this article, see 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

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

Earl Vane. He held the seat until his death in 1864,[3]
aged 38.

During the enthusiasm for the Volunteer Movement in 1859–60, although his brothers were connected with the 2nd (Seaham) Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps formed at the family's Seaham Colliery, Lord Adolphus raised and commanded an infantry corps, the Sunderland Rifles.[4][5]

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."[6]

He had one son, Adolphus Vane-Tempest, born 4 January 1863.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Lord Adolphus Vane". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-900178-26-4
    .
  4. ISBN 978 1 84884 211 3
    , p. 75.
  5. ISBN 0 85936 271 X
    , p. 62.
  6. ^ Anne Isba, Gladstone and Women, 2006, p.96
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Atherton
Thomas Colpitts Granger
William Atherton
 		Succeeded by
William Atherton
John Mowbray
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North Durham
1854–1864
With: Robert Duncombe Shafto 		Succeeded by


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