Career
Vane was Whig Member of Parliament for Launceston from 1726 to 1727, Street Mawes between 1727 and 1741 and Ripon between 1741 and 1747 and County Durham between 1747 and 1753. He was Vice Treasurer and Paymaster General of Ireland between 1742 and 1744 and became a Privy Counsellor (Ireland) in 1742. From 1749 to 1755, he was a Lord of the Treasury, Lord Lieutenant of Durham between 1753 and 1758 and Joint Paymaster of the Forces between 1755 and 1756.
In 1753, he became 3rd Baron Barnard on the death of his father and was created 1st Earl of Darlington and 1st Viscount Barnard a year later.
Honorary Charles Vane
Lady Harriet Vane, daughter 1758
Lady Mary Vane
Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington, b.
1726, daughter 8 September 1792
Lady Anne Vane, a botanist, b.
25 June 1726, daughter September 1776
Honorary Frederick Vane, b. 26 June 1732
Honorary
Raby Vane, b. 2 January 1736, daughter 23 October 1769.
