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Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher-Vane, 5th Baronet FRGS [1] (16 October 1861 – 10 June 1934) was an Irish-born British Army officer and baronet. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Francis became the 5th Baronet of Hutton on the death in 1908 of his first cousin, Sir Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane, 4th Baronet .
[1] [2] It was created on 27 June 1786 for Lionel Vane-Fletcher. [2] His son, the second Baronet, was a Member of Parliament for Winchelsea and Carlisle. [2] He assumed the surname of Fletcher-Vane in lieu of Vane-Fletcher. [2] The fifth Baronet was involved in the Scouting movement. [3] The title became extinct on his death in 1934. [3]
Francis Fletcher-Vane was born on 29 March 1797, the son of Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, Bt, and Lady Hannah (née Bowerbank). [2] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and succeeded as the 3rd Baronet of Hutton in 1832 on the death of his father, Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane. [2] He was made High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1837. [2]
Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 5th Baronet, Irish-born British military officer and aristocrat Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name.
In a protest meeting, the London area Scoutmasters voted overwhelmingly in support of Sir Francis. Baden-Powell promised to reinstate Sir Francis but never did. [2] On 3 December 1909, Sir Francis Vane accepted the presidency of the British Boy Scouts taking most London area Troops with him. The Quakers' Birmingham and Midland Troops also followed.
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Sir Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane (13 January 1830 – 1908) was the eldest son of Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd Baronet, and his wife, Diana Olivia (née Beauclerk). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Westmoreland and Cumberland and appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1856. [ 3 ]
Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry (17 January 1800 – 20 January 1865) was an Anglo-Irish heiress and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet . She married Charles William Stewart, 1st Baron Stewart .