Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard, FSA, JP, DCL (10 May 1854 – 28 December 1918), was a British hereditary peer and senior Freemason.

On 28 June 1881, he married Lady Catharine Sarah Cecil, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Exeter,[1] at St Thomas Marylebone, and had three living sons, one of them predeceasing him.

[1] His heir apparent was his second son, Christopher, who served in the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry being wounded in action and decorated in World War I.

Although the son of a minor member of the aristocracy, Lord Barnard did not expect to inherit Raby Castle as he was not directly in the line of succession.

The case was decided in 1892 when the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords held him to be the 9th Baron Barnard and inheritor of the vast estates of Raby although he did not inherit the title of Duke of Cleveland which became extinct.

[winning] the hearts of all by his unaffected kindliness and consideration, and by the interest he evinced in everything that concerned the welfare of his estates and neighbours.

[1] His legal training and business skills vastly improved the organisation of freemasonry in north east England, with membership increasing from 3,330 to 9,000 during his tenure.

[1] As with the fashion of the time, he kept two houses, his provincial home being Raby Castle, Darlington and a residence for the London season at 20 Belgrave Square, SW.[1] He was also awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) from the University of Durham in September 1901.