Vane, Henry the Elder 1a 2a

Birth Name Vane, Henry the Elder 2a
Gender male
Age at Death 66 years, 2 months, 14 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1589-02-18 Hadlow, Kent, England Birth of Henry Vane the Elder
2a
Marriage (Groom) 1612   Marriage of Henry Vane the Elder and Frances Darcey
1a
Death 1655-05-00   Death of Henry Vane the Elder
2a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
         Vane, Henry the Elder

Families

Unknown Partner Darcey, Frances
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1612   Marriage of Henry Vane the Elder and Frances Darcey
1a
  Children
  1. Vane, Henry the Younger

Media

Narrative

Sir Henry Vane, the Elder, (born Feb. 18, 1589, Hadlow, Kent, Eng.—died May 1655), English statesman, a prominent royal adviser who played an equivocal role in the events leading to the outbreak of the Civil War between King Charles I and Parliament.

After serving in five Parliaments, he was appointed secretary of state by Charles I in February 1640. Three months later Vane announced to the House of Commons that Charles I would waive collection of the unpopular royal levy known as ship money if Parliament would supply the crown with 12 military subsidies. By refusing to accept fewer than 12 subsidies, Vane created a deadlock that led to the dissolution of the Short Parliament by Charles. Vane may have been trying to block a reconciliation between Charles and Parliament, perhaps because he was secretly working against the King.

In 1641 Vane helped bring about the impeachment and execution of the King’s chief minister, Thomas Wentworth, the earl of Strafford, by testifying that Strafford had proposed using Irish troops to suppress Charles’s Parliamentary opponents. As a result, Charles dismissed Vane from office. He worked for the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War but was not placed on the Council of State in 1650 because of opposition from leading radicals. In 1654 he served in Oliver Cromwell’s first Parliament.

Sir Henry Vane, the Elder. (2012). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622979/Sir-Henry-Vane-the-Elder

Pedigree

    1. Vane, Henry the Elder
      1. Darcey, Frances
        1. Vane, Henry the Younger

Ancestors

Source References

  1. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      • Page: Source number: 76.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: FYC
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica
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      • Citation:

        Sir Henry Vane, the Elder, (born Feb. 18, 1589, Hadlow, Kent, Eng.—died May 1655), English statesman, a prominent royal adviser who played an equivocal role in the events leading to the outbreak of the Civil War between King Charles I and Parliament.

        After serving in five Parliaments, he was appointed secretary of state by Charles I in February 1640. Three months later Vane announced to the House of Commons that Charles I would waive collection of the unpopular royal levy known as ship money if Parliament would supply the crown with 12 military subsidies. By refusing to accept fewer than 12 subsidies, Vane created a deadlock that led to the dissolution of the Short Parliament by Charles. Vane may have been trying to block a reconciliation between Charles and Parliament, perhaps because he was secretly working against the King.

        In 1641 Vane helped bring about the impeachment and execution of the King’s chief minister, Thomas Wentworth, the earl of Strafford, by testifying that Strafford had proposed using Irish troops to suppress Charles’s Parliamentary opponents. As a result, Charles dismissed Vane from office. He worked for the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War but was not placed on the Council of State in 1650 because of opposition from leading radicals. In 1654 he served in Oliver Cromwell’s first Parliament.

        Sir Henry Vane, the Elder. (2012). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622979/Sir-Henry-Vane-the-Elder