The owners of Hutton-in-the-Forest
- Sir Richard Fletcher Kt(d. 1637)
- Sir Henry Fletcher 1st Bt (d. 1645)
- Sir George Fletcher 2nd Bt MP (1633-1700)
- Sir Henry Fletcher 3rd Bt MP (1658-1712)
- Henry Vane Fletcher (1699-1761)
- Walter Vane Fletcher (1692-1775)
- Sir Lyonel Wright Vane 1st Bt (1727-1786)
- Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane 2nd Bt (1760-1832)
- Sir Francis Fletcher Vane 3rd Bt (1798-1842)
- Sir Henry Ralph Vane 4th Bt (1830-1909)
- William 1st Lord Inglewood (1909-1989)
- Richard 2nd Lord Inglewood (b. 1951)
- Hutton-in-the-Forest and the Vane family
Sir Henry Vane the Younger
Hutton-in-the-Forest & the Vane family
When Henry Vane Fletcher inherited Hutton in 1735 the house became one of several country houses across England owned by different branches of the Vane family.
The founder of the family, another Henry Vane, was knighted by the Black Prince on the battlefield of Poitiers in 1356. The most important of his descendants in ensuring the family's prosperity was Sir Henry Vane the Elder (1569-1654) who amassed a considerable fortune at the court of King James and became a principal Secretary of State to King Charles I. From him spring a number of noble families including the Vanes of Raby, now Lord Barnard, the Vane Tempest Stewarts, the Marquess of Londonderry, and Lord Inglewood.
The senior branch, of Raby Castle, is descended from his eldest son Sir Henry Vane the Younger, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636 and parliamentarian who was executed by Charles II after the Commonwealth, in which he played a leading role.
The family subsequently became Barons Barnard, Viscounts Barnard, Earls of Darlington and Marquesses and Dukes of Cleveland. The senior titles died out in 1892 on the death of the last Duke of Cleveland when Lord Inglewood's great uncle became 9th Lord Barnard.
The Fletcher Vanes of Hutton, as well as the Vane Tempest Stewarts, are descended from Sir Henry Vane the Younger's second brother Sir George Vane of Long Newton. Over the years there were close links between the family at Raby and their cousins at Hutton, which is why William Vane (Lord Inglewood) inherited the estate in 1931 although their most recent ancestor lived over 300 years earlier.