William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland

William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland (27 July 1766 – 29 January 1842), styled Viscount Barnard until 1792 and known as The Earl of Darlington between 1792 and 1827 and as The Marquess of Cleveland between 1827 and 1833, was a British landowner, slave holder and politician.

Styled Viscount Barnard from birth, he was the son of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington, son of Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, and Lady Grace FitzRoy, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, son of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.

He also succeeded his father as Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, a post he held until his death.

Greville noted in his diary on 8 September 1831:”Howe told me yesterday morning in Westminster Abbey that Lord Cleveland is to be made a duke, though it is not yet acknowledged if it is to be so.

Cleveland died at St James's Square, Westminster, London, in January 1842, aged 75, and was buried at Staindrop, County Durham.

Quartered arms of William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, 1st and 4th: Azure, three sinister gauntlets appaumée or (VANE); 2nd and 3rd: The royal arms of King Charles II, over all a baton sinister ermine (FITZROY)
Arms of Vane: Azure, three sinister gauntlets (appaumée) or [ 1 ] These are a difference of the arms of the Fane family, Earls of Westmorland from 1624, which show: three dexter gauntlets back affrontée , with identical tinctures
Raby Castle , County Durham, England.