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House Vane
Also called Vane connection · Vane
A house named as a rival of House Halden whenever money seems to outrank the fear of hunger, and as a commercial ally of House Ashdown.
One of the maritime houses whose junior branches staff British consular houses abroad so the family has eyes on the quay. One of the great houses with a heavier urban seat near the sovereign tier, identified with credit and treasury nearness.
Named with it
- Lord Treasurer Nathaniel Vane
- Sir Matthew Vane
- Lady Beatrice Vane (bears the house name
- subscriber on Assayers' Walk)
- George Lucan Vane (bears the house name
- curates the Westminster Cabinet of Foreign Curiosities)
- Clara Vane (bears the house name
- tea rooms of Alianor Square)
Ties
- staffs British consular houses under the Westminster office
- rival of House Halden
- commercial ally of House Ashdown
At the table
It gives the Lord Treasurer enemies among men who believe old money should look less obviously like money. Consuls from such families often marry locally, creating relatives on both shores. Lady Beatrice Vane's favour can make a line of enterprise sound respectable merely by touching it.