William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland

His Grace
The Duke of Cleveland
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William Vane wearing the parliamentary robes of an earl. By Arthur William Devis, 1810.
Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham
In office
1792–1842
Monarchs
Preceded byThe Earl of Darlington
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Londonderry
Personal details
Born
William Harry Vane

(1766-07-27)27 July 1766
Died29 January 1842(1842-01-29) (aged 75)
St James's Square, Westminster, London
NationalityBritish
Spouses
Lady Catherine Powlett
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(m. 1787; died 1807)​
Elizabeth Russell
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(m. 1813)​
Children8
Parents
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Quartered arms of William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, 1st and 4th: Azure, three sinister gauntlets appaumée or (VANE); 2nd and 3rd: The royal arms of King Charles II, over all a baton sinister ermine (FITZROY)
Arms of Vane: Azure, three sinister gauntlets (appaumée) or[1] These are a difference of the arms of the Fane family, Earls of Westmorland from 1624, which show: three dexter gauntlets back affrontée, with identical tinctures

William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, KG (27 July 1766 – 29 January 1842), styled Viscount Barnard until 1792 and known as The Earl of Darlington between 1792 and 1827 and as The Marquess of Cleveland between 1827 and 1833, was a British landowner, slave holder and politician.

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.115, which omits appaumée, useful in differentiating from Fane arms; concerning appaumée Cussans (1898) states: "In blazoning a Hand, besides stating what position it occupies, and whether it be the dexter or sinister, and erased or couped, it must be mentioned whether it be clenched or appaumé". (Cussans, John, Handbook of Heraldry, 2nd Edition, London, 1868, p.47 [1], p.92)