Sir Henry Vane (baptised 26 March 1613 – 14 June 1662), often referred to as Harry Vane and Henry Vane the Younger to distinguish him from his father, Henry Vane the Elder, was an English politician, statesman, and colonial governor.

Jan 1, 2025 · Sir Henry Vane, the Younger (born 1613—died June 14, 1662, London) was an English Puritan, one of the most capable administrators in Parliament during the Civil Wars between the Parliamentarians and Royalists.

May 23, 2018 · The English statesman Sir Henry Vane (1613-1662), who served as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, led the Long Parliament and the English Commonwealth. The career of Sir Henry, or Harry, Vane the Younger epitomizes the close connection between New England and English life in the mid-17th century.

Nov 10, 2024 · Sir Henry Vane the Younger, also known as Harry Vane, was an influential English statesman, known for his advocacy of religious tolerance and civil liberties. Image: Portrait of Henry by Dutch painter Sir Peter Lely.

Sir Henry Vane (18 February 1589 – 1655), known as the Elder to distinguish him from his son, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1654. He served King Charles in many posts including secretary of state, but on the outbreak of the English Civil War joined the Parliamentary cause.

Sir Henry Vane (baptised 26 March 1613 – 14 June 1662), often referred to as Harry Vane and Henry Vane the Younger to distinguish him from his father, Henry Vane the Elder, was an English politician, statesman, and colonial governor.

Sir Henry Vane [1], 1613–62, English statesman; son of Sir Henry Vane [2] (1589–1655). Early converted to Puritanism [3], he went to New England [4] in 1635 and became governor of Massachusetts in 1636.

After the death of Pym in 1643, Sir Henry Vane, then thirty-one years of age, was the foremost man in the Long Parliament, and so remained as long as that Parliament controlled the...

VANE, SIR HENRY (1613–1662), English statesman and author, known as “the younger” to distinguish him from his father, Sir Henry Vane (q.v.), was baptized on the 26th of May 1613, at Debden, Essex.

Sir Henry Vane, the Elder (born Feb. 18, 1589, Hadlow, Kent, Eng.—died May 1655) was an English statesman, a prominent royal adviser who played an equivocal role in the events leading to the outbreak of the Civil War between King Charles I and Parliament.