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Sir Henry Vane (baptised 26 March 1613 – 14 June 1662), often referred to as Harry Vane and Henry Vane the Younger to distinguish him from his father, Henry Vane the Elder, was an English politician, statesman, and colonial governor.
Jun 10, 2024 · Sir Henry Vane, the Younger (born 1613—died June 14, 1662, London) was an English Puritan, one of the most capable administrators in Parliament during the Civil Wars between the Parliamentarians and Royalists.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
To Sir Henry Vane The Younger. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held. The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms repell'd. The fierce Epirot and the African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold. The drift of hollow states hard to be spell'd,
Jan 18, 2021 · Portrait of Sir Henry Vane the Younger (l. 1613-1662 CE), governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1636-1637 CE and advocate of religious freedom and tolerance by Peter Lely (1618-1680). Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon.
May 19, 2024 · At the same time, Sir Henry's eldest son, recently knighted as Sir Henry Vane (the younger) had just entered Parliament as an ally of the radical puritan leader, John Pym, who was determined to destroy Stafford. To this end, the younger Vane presented Pym with a letter purloined from his father's cabinet, implicating Strafford, who was executed ...
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Jun 10, 2023 · Sir Henry Vane (26 March 1613 – 14 June 1662) was the eldest surviving son of Sir Henry Vane the Elder, an ambitious courtier in great favor at the English court of King Charles I. The son, baptized at Debden, Essex on May 26, 1613, was often referred to as Harry Vane the Younger to distinguish him from his father, as they were both in ...
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Jul 1, 2020 · Back in the 1600’s a young and adventurous Henry Vane, ancestor of Raby Castle’s current Lord Barnard, emigrated to join the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Our curator Julie Biddlecombe-Brown reveals who he was, why he went and what happened next.
