Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard (May 21 1653–October 28 1723) was an English peer. The son of Henry Vane the Younger, Vane was Whig MP for County Durham from 1675 to 1679, and for Boroughbridge from 1689 to 1690 (when his election was overturned on petition). On May 9 1676, he married Elizabeth Holles (daughter of Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare) and they had three children:
- Henry Vane (1676–1676), died in infancy.
- Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard (1678–1753)
- William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane (c. 1680–1734)
Vane was made a Privy counsellor in 1688 and raised to the peerage as Baron Barnard, of Barnard Castle in the County Palatine of Durham, in 1698. He died in 1723, aged 70 at Shipbourne, Kent and was buried in the parish church.
| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by New creation |
Baron Barnard | Succeeded by Gilbert Vane |
