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William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood

1909 – 1989

British politician

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Lived 1909 – 1989 (aged 80). William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood was a British politician.

William Morgan Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood (12 April 1909 – 22 June 1989), was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life Inglewood was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William Lyonel Vane, a descendant of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard. His uncle Henry Vane had succeeded as ninth Baron Barnard in 1891 on the death of his distant relative Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland and 8th Baron Barnard. Inglewood's mother was Lady Katherine Louisa Pakenham, daughter of William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford (hence Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, was his first cousin).

On 9 April 1931, shortly before his 22nd birthday, he assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Fletcher, and subsequently inherited the estates of Hutton that were then in the possession of the Fletcher-Vane baronets under the control of trustees. Inglewood was a distant cousin of the Fletcher-Vane baronets (they shared descent from Sir Henry Vane the Elder), but Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 5th and last of the Fletcher-Vane baronets of Hutton, was still alive in 1931 when Inglewood inherited. In 1883, the estate of the Fletcher-Vane baronets comprised some 7,194 acres. After a year of ill health, Sir Francis died in a nursing home in Lambeth in 1934.

Personal life Lord Inglewood married Mary Proby, daughter of Sir Richard Proby, 1st Baronet, in 1949. They had two sons.

He died in June 1989, aged 80, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Richard, who also became a Conservative politician. His second son, Christopher, a barrister, was Portcullis Pursuivant from 2012 to 2017, and Chester Herald from 2017 to 2023.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
Charterhouse School, Trinity College, Bow Durham School, Trinity College, Cambridge
Positions held
Member of the House of Lords, Member of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Awards
Mentioned in Despatches
Also known as
William Morgan Flecter-Vane, William Morgan Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood, William Fletcher-Vane, William Morgan Vane, William Vane

Family & relationships

Child
Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood

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Who was William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood?

British politician (1909-1989)

When was William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood born?

William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood was born on 12 April 1909.

When did William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood die?

William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood died on 22 June 1989.

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William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood was a politician.

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William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood was British.

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· Wikipedia: William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood

· Wikidata: Q8009155

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