The crests are those of Fane and Fitzroy
The arms are those of Vane quartering those of France, England, Scotland and Ireland charged with a baton sinister for Fitzroy, for Henry Vane, 4th Earl of Darlington and 2nd Duke of Cleveland M.P. K.G., (1788-1864) who succeeded his father, the 1st Duke in 1842. He married Lady Sophia (d.1859), eldest daughter of the 4th Earl of Powlett, in 1809. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford and was Whig M.P. for a number of constituencies between 1812 and 1842. While serving as M.P. for Totnes between 1826 and 1830 he changed his allegiance to the Tories. He served in the army from 1815 and rose to the rank of General by 1863, He was created a Knight of the Garter in 1842.
His father had been created Duke of Cleveland in 1833, the title being taken from his notorious ancestress, Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of Charles II. The Dukedom became extinct on the death on Harry George, 4th Duke of Cleveland, in 1891, his estates and the Barony of Barnard passed to his kinsman Henry de Vere Vane who became the 9th Baron Barnard