Henry Vane the Younger

Sir Henry Vane (* baptized May 26, 1613 in Debden, † June 14, 1662 in London ) was an English politician and statesman.

Henry Vane was educated at Westminster and Oxford, then he studied in Geneva and suffering. Besides, he deepened his knowledge in Vienna through the study of European relations. He made great trips on the mainland and then stopped a few years in America, where he was from 1636 to 1637 governor of Massachusetts. Vane appeared in 1640 in the Long Parliament one, here belonged to the most extreme opposition, and had at all important measures of the same large proportion; in particular, he was against any reconciliation with the king.

From 1649 to 1653 he was a member of the State Council, but joined after blasting the Rump the opponents of Oliver Cromwell and was jailed in 1656 for four months of this. In 1659 he was elected to Parliament Richard Cromwell, and had well-known to the relief of proportion. After the Restoration of Charles II he was charged with participating in the murder of King Charles I and was executed on June 14, 1662. From him the present Dukes of Cleveland come from.