Francis Fane (other)
Francis Fane may refer to: * Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1580–1629), Member of Parliament and English peer *Francis Fane of Fulbeck (other) **Sir Francis Fane (Royalist) (c. 1611–1681?), son of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland **Sir Francis Fane (dramatist) (died 1691), grandson of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, English Restoration dramatist * Francis Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland (1825–1891), British soldier and racehorse owner *Francis Fane of Brympton (died 1757), MP for Taunton 1727–1741, Petersfield 1741–1747, Ilchester 1747–1754 and Lyme Regis 1754–1757 * Francis Fane of Spettisbury (1752–1813), MP for Lyme Regis 1777–1780 and Dorchester 1790–1807 *Francis Fane (Royal Navy officer) (1778–1844), Royal Navy officer *Francis Fane (soldier) (1824–1893), English officer in the British Army *Frank Fane Major Frank John William Fane (February 23, 1897 – January 6, 1980) was a farmer, World War I era soldier, and serv ...
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Francis Fane, 1st Earl Of Westmorland
Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1 February 158023 March 1629), (styled Sir Francis Fane between 1603 and 1624) of Mereworth in Kent and of Apethorpe in Northamptonshire was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1624 and then was raised to the Peerage as Earl of Westmorland. Origins He was the eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Thomas Fane (died 1589) of Badsell in the parish of Tudeley in Kent, by his second wife Mary Neville, suo jure Baroness le Despenser (c. 1554–1626), heiress of Mereworth in Kent, sole daughter and heiress of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny (died 1587) (a descendant of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (c.1364-1425)) by his wife Lady Frances Manners, 3rd daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland. The earliest proven recorded ancestor of the Fane family of Kent is "Henry a Vane" (d.1456/7) of Tonbridge, Kent, thrice-great-grandfather of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland. Accordin ...
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Francis Fane Of Fulbeck (other)
Francis Fane of Fulbeck has been used to identify these men: *Sir Francis Fane (Royalist) (c. 1611–1681?), was the third, but second surviving, son of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland *Sir Francis Fane (dramatist) Sir Francis Fane, KB, (died 1691) of Fulbeck, in Lincolnshire, was a writer of stage plays and poems and a courtier in the Restoration court of Charles II of England. Biography Fane was the eldest son of Sir Francis Fane (c. 1611–1680)., cit ...

Francis Fane (Royalist)
Sir Francis Fane of Fulbeck () supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. Biography Fane was the third, but second surviving, son of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland. Fane was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles I. During the English Civil War he was appointed by the Duke of Newcastle to be governor of Doncaster for the King, and afterwards of Lincoln Castle. Lincoln was besieged by Edward, Earl of Manchester on 3 May 1644. An attempt to break the siege was made by George, Lord Goring on 5 May, but he found the Parliamentary forces too strong and retreated. The next night the Lincoln Castle (a key defensive structure) was stormed with the use of scaling ladders. Sir Francis Fane, Sir Charles Dallison, and 100 other officers and gentlemen, and 800 soldiers were taken prisoner. He obtained some reputation as a dramatic writer, having left, besides some poems, three dramatic pieces. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1663 ...
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