John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland

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John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland (24 March 1685 - 26 August 1762) was an English nobleman. The was the son of Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland and his wife Rachel Bence.

He served in the British Army, reaching the rank of colonel in the the 1st Troop, Horse Guards. He was created 1st Baron Catherlough of Catherlough in Ireland on 4 October 1733 and succeeded his elder brother as 7th Earl of Westmorland in 1736. His Irish barony became extinct on his death in 1762.

Westmorland is notable for being the patron of Colen Campbell's Palladian Mereworth Castle.

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