Henry Fane (1739–1802)

Inigo Jones (L, relative of famous architect) and Henry Fane (R)

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

Life

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. He followed a long line of Fanes as Members of Parliament for Lyme Regis the family's pocket borough, inherited from John Scrope which at times provided the Fanes with up to two members of parliament at the same time. Between 1753 and 1832 twelve different members of the family represented Lyme Regis in the Tory interest. The family also represented constituencies in Somerset, Lincolnshire, Kent, Hampshire, Northampshire and Dorset.

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]

Family

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

• Gen. Sir Henry Fane MP (1778–1840)
• Anne Fane (19 January 1780 – March 1831), married Lt-Gen. John Michel and mother of Field Marshal Sir John Michel
• Lt-Col. Charles Fane (14 May 1781 – July 1813) Killed in action at Vittoria
• Elizabeth Fane (1782 – 28 January 1802)
• Rev. Edward Fane (7 December 1783 – 28 December 1862), married Maria Hodges; their children included Henry Hamlyn-Fane, General Walter Fane and Colonel Francis Fane
• Vere Fane (5 January 1785 – 18 January 1863), MP
• Frances Mary Fane (d. 28 June 1787)
• Lt. Neville Fane, RN (16 January 1788 – 24 November 1807), died of yellow fever in Bridgetown
• William Fane (5 April 1789 – 7 March 1839), married Louisa Hay Dashwood and had issue
• Caroline Fane (28 December 1790 – 1859), married Charles Chaplin MP
• George Augustus Fane (16 March 1792 – 1 March 1795)
• General Mildmay Fane (September 1794 – 12 March 1868)
• Harriet Fane (1793–1834), married Charles Arbuthnot MP ^[4]
• Robert George Cecil Fane (1796–1864)

Fane also had a natural child before his marriage:

• Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet.

Notes

1. "Alphabetical list of officials: A-J". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 1: Treasury Officials 1660-1870. 1972. pp. 109–35. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
2. Lincolnshire Archives Committee, Archivists' Report 17, 1965-1966 PDF (922 KiB). Retrieved 9 May 2007. (53 pages), p. 19
3. Smith
4. Burke's Peerage 1970

References

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