Sir Henry Vane, the Elder: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born	February 18, 1589 • England
Died	May 1655 (aged 66)

Photos

Sir Henry Vane the Elder

See All Images →

default image

Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon

English statesman

William Laud

William Laud

archbishop of Canterbury

default image

Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford

English noble

default image

George Digby, 2nd earl of Bristol

English statesman

default image

John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper

English statesman

default image

Hugh Le Despenser

English noble, the younger [died 1326]

Painting of Oliver Cromwell in black armor with a white sash, standing outdoors as a young attendant in red helps adjust his armor.

Oliver Cromwell

English statesman

Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer

archbishop of Canterbury

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman

Portrait painting by Hans Holbein the Younger of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, seated at a desk holding a paper, wearing dark robes and a black cap.

Thomas Cromwell

English statesman

George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, undated engraving.

George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham

English statesman

default image

William Marshal, 1st earl of Pembroke

English regent

default image

Saint Dunstan of Canterbury

English archbishop

default image

Henry, 1st duke and 4th earl of Lancaster

English soldier and diplomat [1300-1361]

default image

Wulfstan

English archbishop

default image

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland

English statesman

Know about the Royal Exchange built by Sir Thomas Gresham, a gathering place for international merchants in London

Sir Thomas Gresham

English financier

default image

Roger of Pont l’Évêque

English archbishop

default image

Sir Francis Englefield

advisor to Mary I

default image

Walter Langton

English politician