Background
Inglewood, William Richard Fletcher-Vane was born on July 31, 1951 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Son of Lord William Morgan Fletcher-Vane and Lady Mary Inglewood.
Inglewood, William Richard Fletcher-Vane was born on July 31, 1951 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Son of Lord William Morgan Fletcher-Vane and Lady Mary Inglewood.
Master of Arts, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1973; postgraduate, Cumbria College Agriculture & Forestry, England, 1983-1984.
Member, Lake District Special Planning Board, 1984-1990; member, N.W. Water Authority, 1987-1989; member, European Parliament, Cumbria & Lancashire North, 1989-1994; conservative spokesman legal affairs, 1989-1994; deputy whip, British Conservatives European Parliament, 1992-1994; chief whip, British Conservatives European Parliament, 1994; lord in waiting (government whip), House of Lords, 1994-1995; captain Queen's yeoman of guard (deputy government chief whip), House of Lords, 1995; parliamentary under secretary of state, Department National Heritage, 1995-1997; opposition spokesman, House of Lords, since 1997. Member European Select Committee on the European Comtys., since 1997.
Deputy Lieutenant County of Cumbria, since 1993.
Married Cressida Rosa Pemberton-Pigott, August 29, 1986. Children: Miranda Vane, Rosa Vane, Henry Vane.