Charles Vane

• Born on May 18, 1778
• Deceased on March 6, 1854, at the age of 75 years

Parents

• Robert Stewart (1739 - 1821), Marquess of Londonderry, Member of Parliament for County Down, privy counsellor for Ireland
• Frances Pratt (1751 - 1833)

Family

• Married on August 8, 1804, with Catherine Bligh ( - 1812), issuing
  • Frederick (1805 - 1872)
• Married on April 3, 1819, with Frances Anne Vane-Tempest (1800 - 1865), issuing
  • George (1821 - 1884)
  • Frances (1822 - 1899)
  • Alexandrina (1823 - 1874)
  • Adolphus Frederick (1825 - 1864)
  • Ernest (1836 - 1885)

Occupations

• Member of Parliament for Thomastown (1800)
• Member of Parliament for County Londonderry (1800 - 1801)
• Member of Parliament for Londonderry (1801 - 1814)
• lieutenant-general
• colonel of the 25th Light Dragoons (1813 - 1818)
• colonel of the 10th Royal Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) (1820 - 1843)
• colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards (1843 - 1854)
• under-secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1807 - 1809)
• minister to Prussia (1813 - 1814)
• ambassador to Austria (1814 - 1823)
• lord-lieutenant of Durham (1842 - 1854)
• privy counsellor

Distinctions

• most noble order of the Garter
• order of the Bath