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Vane, Anne (d. 1736), royal mistress, was the eldest daughter of Gilbert Vane, second Baron Barnard (bap. 1678, d. 1753), owner of the Raby estate in co. Durham, and his wife, Mary (1682-1728), daughter of Morgan Randyll (b. 1649, d. after 1738), of Chilworth, Surrey, a London alderman and MP ...
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