Vane Henry

Related to Vane Henry: Sir Henry Vane the Younger

Vane

(vān), Sir Henry or Harry 1613-1662.

English politician and colonial administrator who was governor of Massachusetts (1636-1637) and a leading Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. He was tried and executed for high treason after the restoration of the monarchy.

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