Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland
| The 4th Earl of Westmorland | |
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| Born | Vere Fane 13 February 1644 Lamport Hall, Lamport, Buckinghamshire, England |
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| Title | 4th Earl of Westmorland |
| Tenure | 1691-1693 |
| Other titles | 4th Baron Burghersh 7th Lord le Despencer |
| Nationality | English |
| Offices | MP for Peterborough MP for Kent Lord Lieutenant of Kent (1692-1693) |
| Predecessor | Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland |
| Successor | Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel Bence (1671-1693) |
| Issue | Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland Mildmay Fane |
| Parents | Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland Grace Thornhurst |
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Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland KB DL (13 February 1645 – 29 December 1693), styled The Honourable Vere Fane from 1644 to 1661 and Sir Vere Fane from 1661 to 1691, was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Peterborough and twice for Kent.[4]
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Family
Vere Fane was born on 13 February 1645 in Lamport Hall, Lamport, Buckinghamshire[3] as the second son of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland and his wife Mary Vere; he was the younger half-brother of Charles Fane. As Charles died without issue in 1691, Vere inherited the Earldom of Westmorland. On 13 July 1671, Fane married Rachel Bence, daughter of John Bence and Judith Andrews, at Allhallows', London.[3] The couple had eleven children:
- Lady Rachel Fane[3]
- Lady Catherine Fane (whose great-grandson would become the 12th Lord le Despencer).[3] She married (marriage licence dated 21 February 1696) William Paul (1673-1711), of Bray, Berkshire. One of their co-heiress daughters married Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet.[5]
- Lady Elizabeth Fane[3]
- Lady Susan Fane[3]
- Lady Rachel Fane[3]
- Lady Mary Dashwood,[6] mother to Francis Dashwood, who inherited the Le Despencer barony upon the death of John Fane
- John Fane (died in infancy)[2]
- Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland (1678-1698)[2]
- Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland (1681-1736)[2]
- John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland (1686-1762)[7]
- The Honourable Mildmay Fane (1689-1715)[3]
Fane died on 29 December 1693, probably from complications that arose from diabetes.[4] His oldest surviving son Vere inherited his father's earldom and further titles, but died without issue before reaching the age of 20.
Career
As was common in his family[4] (his grandfather Francis, his father Mildmay and his older brother Charles had been Members of Parliament before they became earl; his sons John and Mildmay would do so as well[8][2]), Vere Fane served as a Member of Parliament. From 1671 to 1671, he was Member of Parliament for Peterborough;[2] the year his Kent office ended, he became Member of Parliament for Kent, an office which he held until 1681. From 1689 to 1691, he was again Member of Parliament for Kent. He was classed as a Whig, but it seems that he was not particularly active.[4] At the coronation of King Charles II on 23 April 1661, he was invested as a Knight of the Bath.[2]
After the death of his brother Charles, who had no issue, on 18 September 1691, Vere Fane inherited the Earldom of Westmorland as well as his brother's further titles Baron Burghersh and Lord le Despencer.
References
- ↑ Debrett 1820, p. 1148.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Mosley 2003, p. 4314.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Naylor 1888.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Wynne 2002.
- ↑ Wynne 2006.
- ↑ Cokayne 1983, p. 78.
- ↑ Cokayne et al. 2000, p. 110.
- ↑ VCH Northants. Fams. 101; The Ancestor, xi. 148–9; PCC 22 Box.
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| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Peterborough 1671–1679 With: The Lord FitzWilliam |
Succeeded by The Lord FitzWilliam Francis St John |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Kent 1679–1685 With: Sir Edward Dering, Bt |
Succeeded by Sir William Twysden, Bt Sir John Knatchbull, Bt |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Kent 1689–1691 With: Sir John Knatchbull, Bt |
Succeeded by Sir John Knatchbull, Bt Sir Thomas Roberts, Bt |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Kent 1692–1693 Served alongside: The Viscount Sydney |
Succeeded by The Viscount Sydney |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by | Earl of Westmorland 1691–1693 |
Succeeded by Vere Fane |
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