BARNARD COMPLETE PEERAGE 425 BARNARD BARONY. I. Christopher Vane, 7th and yst. s. of the well- , , „ known Sir Henry Vane, of Raby Castle, co. Durham, " ■ (executed for high treason 14 June 1662) by Frances, da. of Sir Christopher Wray, Bart., was b. 21 May 1653, and sue. his elder and only surv. br., Thomas Vane, 1673, in the family estates. M.P. (Whig) for CO. Durham 1675-79. (") P.C. 6 July 1688 till Feb. 1688/9. Finally, " probably as a reward for his father's sufferings in the cause of liberty, "(") he was cr., 25 July 1698, C^) BARON BARNARD OF BARNARD'S CASTLE in the Bishopric of Durham. (^) He m. (lie. Vic. Gen., 9 May 1676, he about 22, she about 19), Elizabeth, ist sister and coh. of John, Duke of Newcastle, da. of Gilbert (Holles), Earl of Clare, by Grace, da. of William Pierrepont, of Thoresby, Notts. He d. 28 Oct. 1723, at Fairlawn in the parish of Shipborne, Kent, and was bur. in the church there, (") aged 70. Will, dat. 27 Sep. 17 15 to 26 May 17 16, pr. II Nov. 1723. His widow d. 9 Nov. 1725. Will dat. 3 Sep., pr, 10 Nov. 1725. II. 1723. 2. Gilbert (Vane), Baron Barnard, 2nd, but ist surv. s. and h., bap. 17 Apr. 1678, in London. In politics he was an opponent of Walpole. He w., Jan. 1704/5, Mary, da. and coh. of Morgan Randyll, of Chilworth, Surrey, sometime M.P. for Guildford, by Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Gold, Alderman of London. She, who was b. 30 Jan. 1682, d. 4 Aug. 1728, in her 47th year,(*) and was bur. atBushey. M.I. (^) He (^. 27 Apr. 1753, aged 75. Admon. 1 1 May 1753. C) When a peer he supported the Tories. V.G. () See Sir Egerton Brydges' note in Collins, vol. iv, p. 522. Q Not 1699, as in Diet. Nat. Biog. V.G. C) " It is a curious fact that the attainder of his father has never been reversed, notwithstanding the evidence which the elevation of his son to the Peerage and the still higher honours [j/c] conferred upon his descendants afford of the estimation in which they have been held by their Sovereign. By an attainder the right to armorial ensigns, as well as to other honours, is destroyed, and upon the creation [5/V] of Christopher Vane to the Peerage, the then Garter King of Arms, finding himself in a dilemma as to what arms he should assign to the Peer, applied to the Crown for instructions, when a licence was granted authorising him to allow to Christopher, Lord Barnard, and his descendants the arms and quarterings of his father, notwithstanding his attainder ; the legality of this exercise of the Royal Prerogative is not free from doubt, for it is held that nothing but an express legislative enactment can relieve an individual from any of the penalties of an attainder. The Crown may, however, assign to a subject whatever armorial ensigns it pleases de novo, and, in this construct- ion of the licence, it was, of course, valid." [Courthope, p. 41.) ('*) For copious extracts from his fun. sermon, by the Rev. Thomas Curteis, at Wrotham, see Collins, vol. iv, p. 522. (') She is spoken of as " scandalous " in the will of her step-father, Lord Barnard. (^) Her 1st da., Anne, well known from Samuel Johnson's line — " Yet Vane can tell what ills from beauty spring," ss
