Vanneck Family
Vanneck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Gerard Vanneck (1743–1791), British merchant and politician * Joshua Vanneck (other) **Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baron Huntingfield, British merchant and politician ** Joshua Vanneck, 2nd Baron Huntingfield, British peer and politician ** Sir Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baronet, British-Dutch merchant *Peter Vanneck (1922–1999), British Royal Navy officer, fighter pilot, engineer, stockbroker, and politician *William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield, (3 January 1883 – 20 November 1969) was a British Conservative Party politician, Governor of Victoria, and Administrator of Australia. He was the first Australian-born governor of ...

Gerard Vanneck
Sir Gerard William Vanneck, 2nd Baronet (12 September 1743''London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812'' – 23 May 1791) was a British merchant and Member of Parliament. History Vanneck was the eldest son of Sir Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Mary Anne Daubuz. His father was a successful London merchant who had emigrated to United Kingdom, Great Britain from the Netherlands in 1722. He was elected to the British House of Commons, House of Commons for Dunwich (UK Parliament constituency), Dunwich in 1768, a seat he held until 1790. In 1777 he succeeded his father as second Baronet and promptly commissioned the building of Heveningham Hall in Suffolk. Vanneck died, unmarried, in May 1791 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baron Huntingfield, Joshua, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Huntingfield in 1796. References

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