John Vane mụrụ na Tardebigge, Worcestershire, bụ otu n'ime ụmụ atọ ma tolite na suburban Birmingham. Nna ya, Maurice Vane, bụ nwa nke ndị Juu Russia kwabatara na nne ya, Frances Vane, si n'ezinụlọ Worcestershire na-akọ ugbo. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ gọọmentị dị na mpaghara site na afọ 5, tupu ịkwaga King Edward's School na Edgbaston, Birmingham. Mmasị mbụ ya na kemịkal bụ iji gosipụta mmụọ nsọ maka ịmụ isiokwu ahụ na Mahadum Birmingham na 1944. Ajụjụ: Onye bụ nna ya?
Maurice Vane