George Vane (born 1618)

Vane was baptised on 10 May 1618 at Shipbourne, Kent. He was the second son of Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Vane the Elder and Frances d'Arcy, the daughter of Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex. Among his siblings were Henry Vane the Younger, sixth colonial governor of Massachusetts,Charles Wentworth Upham, in the American Biography, edited by Jared Sparks, Sir Henry Vane the Younger, Fourth Colonial Governor of Massachusetts Charles Vane, agent of the Commonwealth at Lisbon, William Vane, a soldier in Dutch service, Sir Walter Vane, also a soldier in the Dutch service (killed serving under the Prince of Orange at the Battle of Seneffe), Margaret Vane, who married Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet, Frances Vane, who married Sir Robert Honywood, Anne Vane, who married Sir Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth, Durham, and Elizabeth Vane, who married Sir Francis Vincent of Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey.{{DNB|wstitle=Vane, Henry (1589-1655)|last = Firth |first = C. H. | author-link=Charles Harding Firth}}

He was appointed knight on 22 November 1640. He was parliamentary High Sheriff of Durham in September 1645,{{cite book |last1=Fordyce |first1=William |title=The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham: Comprising a Condensed Account of Its Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical History, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; Its Boundaries, Ancient, Parishes, and Recently Formed Parochial Districts and Chapelries, and Parliamentary and Municipal Divisions; Its Agriculture, Mineral Products, Manufactures, Shipping, Docks, Railways, and General Commerce; Its Public Buildings, Churches, Chapels, Parochial Registers, Landed Gentry, Heraldic Visitations, Local Biography, Schools, Charities, Sanitary Reports, Population, &c |date=1857 |publisher=A. Fullarton and Company |page=150 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_and_Antiquities_of_the_Count/SjhNAAAAMAAJ?hl=en |access-date=31 January 2025 |language=en}} and apparently treasurer of the committee for the county. Many of his letters to his father on the affairs of the county are printed in the calendar of domestic state papers.

He seized and defended Raby Castle, his father's property, for the King Charles I during the earlier part of Cromwell's rebellion.

Vane married Elizabeth Maddison, daughter and heiress of Sir Lionel Maddison of Rogerly, Durham, and lived at Long Newton, County Durham. Together, they were the parents of:

• Lionel Vane, who married Catherine Fletcher, daughter of Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet, and Alice Hare (a daughter of the 1st Baron Coleraine), in 1680.George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 83.

Sir George died {{circa|28 April 1679}} and was buried on 1 May 1679.E. M. Swinhoe, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 93rd edition (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1933), page 2378.

He was the ancestor of the Vanes of Hutton Hall, of Penrith, Cumbria, as well as Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet.

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