Henry Cecil Vane
Major Hon. Henry Cecil Vane was the son and heir apparent of Henry Vane, 9th Baron Barnard of Raby Castle. He was wounded in World War I and died of those wounds shortly after, leaving his younger brother Christopher as heir to the Raby estates.
Education
Vane was born on 19 September 1882 as the first son and heir apparent of Henry Vane, 9th Baron Barnard, at Raby Castle in County Durham. Following family tradition, he attended Eton College and went up to Christ Church at the University of Oxford where he read for a BA, taking the degree in 1900.On 25 August 1914, he married the Lady Enid Victoria Rachel Fane, daughter of Anthony Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland, and Sybil Fane, Countess of Westmorland.
Career
Upon leaving university he began his militia career in the 4th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, in which he held a captain's commission. Three years after his graduation, in 1903, he became aide-de-camp to Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, the two-time Governor of Madras, who was, like Vane's father, a member of The Royal Alpha Lodge. In his capacity as aide-de-camp, he subsequently acted for James Thompson and Sir Gabriel Stokes. He left this position in 1907.In the service of the Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry he gained the rank of Captain and then Major.