The Viscount Vane
14 February 1714
5 April 1789 (aged 75)
Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard (grandfather)
William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane
Lucy Jolliffe
Early life[edit]
William Holles Vane was the third son of William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane, and his wife Lucy (née Jolliffe). His paternal grandfather was Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard and Lady Elizabeth Holles (a daughter of Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare and sister of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle).[1]
He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 12 October 1730. His older brothers, Christopher and John, predeceased their father, and William succeeded to the viscountcy on 20 May 1734.[1]