Henry Fane, MP

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Henry Fane, (4 May 1739 – 4 June 1802) MP for Lyme Regis 1772–1802.

The younger son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland. He was a Clerk to HM Treasury from 7 December 1757 until 29 August 1763,^[1] but was described as "very idle and careless and spending much time in the country".^[2]

In January 1772 he became Keeper of the King's Private Roads, Gates and Bridges.

Fane's father gave him Fulbeck Hall in 1783. In 1784 Fane and his wife occupied Fulbeck and enlarged and refurnished it, adding a new north wing.^[3]

On January 12, 1778 Fane married Anne (d. January 19, 1838), the daughter of Edward Buckley Batson, a banker. The couple had 14 chidren including:

• General Sir Henry Fane GCB.
• Vere Fane, MP.
• General Mildmay Fane.
• Harriet, Mrs Arbuthnot.^[4]
• Robert George Cecil Fane

Fane also had a natural child before his marriage:

• Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet.

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[edit] References

• (1970) Burke's Peerage. 
• Smith, E.A. (1994). Wellington and the Arbuthnots: a triangular friendship. Alan Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-0629-4. 
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Henry Fane Lord Burghersh	Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis with Henry Fane 1772–1777 Francis Fane 1777–1780 David Robert Michel 1780–1784 Thomas Fane 1784–1801 1772–1801	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis with Thomas Fane 1801–1802	Succeeded by Thomas Fane Henry Fane