Talk:Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard

The Times Obituary

Here is a resource that some may find helpful if you wish to add to this article. I managed to transcribe Lord Barnards obituary from The Times archive in Durham Library today.

LORD BARNARD

Lord Barnard C.M.C., O.B.E., M.C. died yesterday in the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at the age of 75. He was one of the north’s biggest landowners until a few years ago when he divested himself of all but 1,113 acres of the 53,000-acer Raby estate which includes more than 250 farms. Earlier this year he gave up the Lord Lieutenancy of co. Durham and also resigned from the presidency of the T.A. and Air Force Association. He had been Lord Lieutenant since 1958. He was a former Scout Commissioner for the county.

Christopher William Vane, tenth Baron Barnard, son of the ninth Baron, was born on October 28, 1888, and educated at Eaton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. During the First World War he served in the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry, winning the M.C. and being wounded. He succeeded his father in 1918 and commanded the 6th Durham Light Infantry from 1926 to 1931.

Lord Barnard was M.F.H. [Master of the Foxhounds] of the Zetland Hunt from 1920 to 1963 and was also a keen horticulturist.

In 1920 he married Sylvia Mary, only daughter of Herbert Straker[.] They had two sons and one daughter. His elder son, the Hon. Harry John Neville Vane now succeeds to the barony.

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--Alex (a.k.a. October1625) (talk) 00:51, 6 November 2010 (UTC)