Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest

British politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish politician
A.K.A.Adolphus Vane-Tempest
A.K.A.Adolphus Vane-Tempest
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth2 July 1825
Death11 June 1864 (aged 38 years)
Family
Mother:Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry
Father:Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
The details

Biography

Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane-Tempest (2 July 1825 – 11 June 1864), known until 1854 as Lord Adolphus Vane, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was the fourth child (and second son) of Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and his wife Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry.
In December 1852, he was elected at a by-election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham, but the election was overturned on petition the next year.
In 1854 he was elected unopposed to the House of Commons as MP for North Durham after the death of his father, filling the seat vacated by his elder brother George Vane-Tempest, Viscount Seaham, who succeeded to the peerage as Earl Vane. He held the seat until his death in 1864, aged 38.
According to Anne Isba, author and Victorian Studies scholar, Vane was "notoriously unstable" and was "described by Queen Victoria as having 'a natural tendency to madness.' Vane, who on one occasion violently attacked his wife and infant son, died four years later during a struggle with four keepers."

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Colonel William Stewart, of Ballylawn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Alexander Stewart, of Mount Stewart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Frances Stewart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. John Cowan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Mary Cowan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Anne Stewart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Sir John Pratt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Elizabeth Wilson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Lady Frances Pratt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Nicholas Jeffreys
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Elizabeth Jeffreys
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. George Vane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Sir Henry Vane, 1st Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Anne Machon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. John Tempest, MP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Frances Tempest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Frances Shuttleworth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Lady Frances Anne Vane-Tempest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Randal William MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Anne Plunkett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Anne MacDonnell, 2nd Countess of Antrim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. The Hon. Letitia Morres
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Lady Letitia Ponsonby
 
 
 
 
 
 

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