Entries for the tag ‘Vane, Henry (1613-62)’
Aka Harry Vane and Henry Vane the Younger to distinguish him from his father, Henry Vane the Elder: politician (MP for Hull 1640-50, 1659-60), statesman, colonial governor. 
- 9 January 1659: The poet Andrew Marvell reacts tearfully to his nomination as “a fitting man to take our wishes unto parliament house” at a hustings of the “free and lightened voters” of Hull
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