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Baron Barnard, ofBarnard Castle in theBishopric of Durham, is a title in thePeerage of England. It was created in 1698 forChristopher Vane, who had previously served as a member of parliament forCounty Durham andBoroughbridge. Vane was the son ofSir Henry Vane the Younger and grandson ofSir Henry Vane the Elder. His grandson, the third Baron, notably served asPaymaster of the Forces and asLord Lieutenant of County Durham. In 1754 he was createdViscount Barnard (of Barnard Castle) andEarl of Darlington, both in theCounty Palatine of Durham. Lord Darlington was the husband of Lady Grace FitzRoy, daughter ofCharles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, the illegitimate son ofKing Charles II by his mistressBarbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.

He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He sat as a member of parliament forDownton and County Durham and served as Lord Lieutenant of County Durham. On his death the titles passed to his son, the third Earl. He representedTotnes andWinchelsea in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of County Durham. In 1827 the Cleveland title held by his great-grandmother was recreated when he was madeMarquess of Cleveland, and in 1833 the dukedom of Cleveland was also revived when he was createdBaron Raby, ofRaby Castle in theCounty of Durham, andDuke of Cleveland. In 1839 the Duke was given the additional honour of being made aKnight of the Garter.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Duke. He was a general in the army and also sat as aWhig Member of Parliament for County Durham, Winchilsea and Totnes and as aTory forSaltash andSouth Shropshire. When he died the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Duke. He representedWinchelsea andCounty Durham in theHouse of Commons as a Whig andSt Ives andLudlow as a Tory. In 1813 he assumed by Royal Licence his mother's maiden name of Powlett but in 1864, on succeeding to the dukedom, he resumed by Royal Licence his patronymic Vane. He was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Duke. He was in theDiplomatic Service and also aLiberal Member of Parliament forSouth Durham andHastings. In 1864 he assumed by Royal Licence his mother's maiden surname of Powlett in lieu of Vane. Like his two elder brothers he was childless and on his death 1891 the barony of Raby, the viscountcy, earldom, marquessate and dukedom became extinct,

However, he was succeeded in the barony of Barnard, according to a decision by the Committee for Privileges of theHouse of Lords in 1892, by his distant relative Henry de Vere Vane, who became the ninth Baron. He was the great-great-grandson of Morgan Vane, younger son of the second Baron. His second son, the tenth Baron, was Lord Lieutenant of County Durham. The latter's son, the eleventh Baron, succeeded in 1964 and served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham from 1970 to 1988. As of 2017^[update] the title is held by the latter's son, the twelfth Baron.^[2]

Two other members of the Vane family have been elevated to the peerage. William Vane, younger son of the first Baron Barnard, was madeViscount Vane in thePeerage of Ireland in 1720 (see this title for more information).

William Vane, nephew of the ninth Baron, was createdBaron Inglewood in thePeerage of the United Kingdom in 1964 (see this title for more information).

The family seat isRaby Castle, nearStaindrop, County Durham.

• Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard (1653–1723)
• Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard (1678–1753)
• Henry Vane, 3rd Baron Barnard (c. 1705–1758) (createdEarl of Darlington in 1754)

• Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, 3rd Baron Barnard (c. 1705–1758)
• Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington, 4th Baron Barnard (1726–1792)
• William Henry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, 5th Baron Barnard (1766–1842) (createdBaron Raby andMarquess of Cleveland in 1827)

• William Henry Vane, 1st Marquess of Cleveland, 5th Baron Barnard (1766–1842) (createdDuke of Cleveland in 1833)

• William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, 5th Baron Barnard (1766–1842)
• Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 6th Baron Barnard (1788–1864)
• William John Frederick Vane, 3rd Duke of Cleveland, 7th Baron Barnard (1792–1864)
• Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland, 8th Baron Barnard (1803–1891)

• Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard (1854–1918) (claim admitted 1892)
  • Henry Cecil Vane (1882–1917)
• Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard (1888–1964)
• (Harry) John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard (1923–2016)
• Henry Francis Cecil Vane, 12th Baron Barnard (born 1959)

Theheir apparent is the present holder's son, William Henry Cecil Vane (born 2005).

• Duke of Cleveland
• Viscount Vane
• Baron Inglewood
• Vane-Tempest baronets

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921).Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 90.
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors).Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,^{[page needed]}
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages^{[self-published source][better source needed]}

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