Sir Henry Vane Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Sir Henry Vane, based on 3 World History Database records associated with England.

3 records1640–16413 events3 places

Chronological biography

1640

Election to Long Parliament3 November 1640

Government / Government of England · Member · Member of Parliament for Cambridge University · Cambridge

Vane enters the Long Parliament with access to sensitive government information.

Strafford Council Notes RevealedDecember 1640

Government / Government of England · Member · Member of Parliament for Cambridge University · London

Vane supplies notes used to argue that Strafford advocated government beyond legal restraint.

1641

Disclosure of Council NotesApril 1641

Government / Government of England · Member · Member of Parliament for Cambridge University · Westminster Hall

Vane the Younger helped Parliament obtain notes from his father's record of the royal council meeting.

Titles and roles

Member · Member of Parliament for Cambridge University

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.