Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard

Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, (28 October 1888 – 19 October 1964 ), was a British peer and military officer. at Barnard Castle in County Durham. rather than attending the University of Oxford. It was at Cambridge that he joined the Freemasons, being initiated into Isaac Newton University Lodge.

Career

Military Upon the completion of his degree, he entered the armed services, participating in World War I

His eldest brother, the Hon. Henry Cecil Vane, heir apparent to the barony of Barnard, also served in the Great War leaving his younger brother heir apparent to the title of Baron Barnard.

He was a member of Brooks's gentleman's club and resided at Raby Castle. Unlike his father, he did not keep a London season home at 20 Belgrave Square, SW.

Marriage and issue On 14 October 1920 he married Sylvia Mary Straker the daughter of Hubert Straker, at St Agatha's, Gilling West, and had three children:

The Hon. Rosemary Myra Vane (1921–1999) Harry John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard (1923–2016) The Hon. Gerald Raby Vane (1926–1993)

Honours and accolades Lord Barnard received many honours. In 1930 he was invested as a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and gained the honorary rank of Colonel in the service of the 6th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, his former unit. He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1955.

Decline and death In 1964 he gave up the Lord Lieutenancy of County Durham. Notably, a few weeks before his death he divested himself of all but of the Raby estate. He also resigned from the presidency of the County Territorial Army and Air Force Association. He died on 19 October 1964 at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne.