11th Baron Barnard (1923-2016)

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Per Wikipedia, Henry John Nevile Vane, the 11th Baron Barnard, died April 3, 2016.  

He was 92.

He is succeeded by his only son, Henry Francis Cecil.  The 12th Baron was born March 11, 1959.  He is married with 3 children, including a son, William Henry Cecil, b. June 4, 2005.

Brooke

[Richard R]

And here's the death notice from the Telegraph of 5 April 2016:

Barnard

Harry John Neville, 11th Baron Barnard, died peacefully at home on Sunday 3rd April 2016, aged 92. Beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather. Private Funeral Service to be held at Raby Castle chapel on Saturday 9th April 2016. No flowers please. Memorial Service to be held at St. Mary’s Church, Staindrop. Date to be announced.

[Jelena JS]

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/lord-barnard-dies-aged-92-1-7831925

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[Michael Rhodes]

A memorial service for Lord Barnard will be held at St Mary's Church, Staindrop, near Darlington, 6 May, 2016.

## Unusual that Lord Barnard, Lord Lieutenant for County Durham for almost 2 decades, didn't collect a gong upon retirement. Something in the Royal Victorian Order for instance. ##

[Richard R]

Obit in the Telegraph of 5 May 2016:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/04/lord-barnard--obituary/

EXTRACT

The 11th Lord Barnard, who has died aged 92, was the model of a traditional landowner, combining management of his extensive estates in County Durham and Shropshire, and his medieval family seat, Raby Castle, near Staindrop, Co Durham, with an old-fashioned commitment to the local community.

... Raby had been in Lord Barnard’s family since 1626 when the castle and estate were bought by his ancestor Sir Henry Vane, Treasurer of the Household and Principal Secretary of State to Charles I, and it remained in the family even after his son, Sir Henry Vane the Younger, a republican and Parliamentarian during the English Civil War, was executed in 1662, shortly after the Restoration. Through a grandmother Barnard was also a direct descendant of the powerful Nevilles of Raby, who had built the original castle in the 14th century. The castle was the birthplace and family home of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV and Richard III, but both castle and estates were confiscated by the Crown following the Rising of the Northern Earls in 1569.

... Harry John Neville Vane was born at Raby Castle on September 21 1923, the eldest son of Christopher Vane, the 10th Lord Barnard, and Sylvia Mary Straker. The Barnard barony had been created in 1698 by William III for Christopher Vane, the son of Sir Henry Vane the Younger, who had inherited Raby after his father’s execution, and who went on to serve as MP for County Durham and later Boroughbridge.

... In 1952 he married Lady Davina Cecil, daughter of the 6th Marquess of Exeter, with whom he had four daughters and a son. Although the marriage was dissolved in 1992, they remained friends and neither remarried.

[ThomasFoolery]

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Mrs. Susan Snowdon (Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham) at the Memorial Service for the Lord Barnard (formerly Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham) which was held in St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, this afternoon.

The Prince of Wales was represented by the Duke of Northumberland.

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were represented by the Lady Angela Oswald.

The Duke and Duchess of Kent were represented by the Lord Shuttleworth.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy was represented by Sir Paul Nicholson.