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, styled The Honourable John Fane from 1691 to 1733 and Lord Catherlough from 1733 to 1736.
John Fane was the son of Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland and his wife Rachel Bence. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1703, and entered as a fellow commoner at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1703/4.[2] He was MP for Hythe from 1708 to 1711, and MP for Kent from 1715 to 1722.[2]
Fane served in the British Army, reaching the rank of colonel in 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. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham from 1727 to 1734. He is also notable for being the patron of Colen Campbell's Palladian Mereworth Castle.
When the 7th Earl, died without issue, in 1762, his Irish barony became extinct, the barony of Le Despencer, being a barony in fee, devolved upon his nephew Sir Francis Dashwood, bart.; and the earldom of Westmorland went to the male heir, Thomas Fane of Bristol, merchant, son of Henry Fane, (d. 1726,) attorney at law, grandson of Sir Francis Fane, K.B. and great grandson of Sir Francis Fane, of Fulbeck, co. Lincoln, K.B. the third son of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland.[3]
Notes
- ↑ William Blackstone (1759), The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, with other Authentic Instruments: To which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing the History of the Charters. By William Blackstone, Esq; Barrister at Law, Vinerian Professor of the Laws of England, and D.C.L., Oxford: Clarendon Press, OCLC 4547269.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fane, John (FN703J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Debrett 1820, 160
References
- Sonya Wynne, FANE, Hon. John (1686-1762), of Mereworth, Kent; Apethorpe, Northants. and Hanover Square, London in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 (2002)
- Eveline Cruickshanks, FANE, Hon. John (1686-1762), of Mereworth, Kent. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 (1970)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Debrett, John, ed. (1820). Debrett's Correct Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1 (13 ed.). London: Printed G. Woodall, Angel Court, Skinner Street.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Debrett's Correct Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland" by John Debrett
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Philip Boteler, Bt John Boteler |
Member of Parliament for Hythe with John Boteler 1708–1710 The Viscount Shannon 1710–1711 George Chamberlayne 1728 1708–1711 |
Succeeded by John Boteler William Berners |
| Preceded by Mildmay Fane William Delaune |
Member of Parliament for Kent with William Delaune 1715–1722 |
Succeeded by Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt Sir Thomas Twisden, Bt |
| Preceded by Richard Grenville William Heathcote |
Member of Parliament for Buckingham with William Heathcote 1727 Thomas Lewis 1727–1728 George Chamberlayne 1728 1727–1728 |
Succeeded by George Chamberlayne Richard Grenville |
| Military offices | ||
| Preceded by William Windress |
Colonel of John Fane's Regiment of Foot 1715–1717 |
Succeeded by Viscount Hinchingbrooke |
| Preceded by Lord Lumley |
Captain and Colonel of the 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards 1717–1733 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Rich, Bt |
| Preceded by The Earl of Pembroke |
Captain and Colonel of His Majesty's Own Troop of Horse Guards 1733–1737 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Montagu |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Arran |
Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1759–1762 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Lichfield |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Fane |
Earl of Westmorland 1736–1762 |
Succeeded by Thomas Fane |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Baron Catherlough 1733–1762 |
Extinct |
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