Mildmay Fane (other)
Mildmay Fane (1689–1715) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons. Mildmay Fane may also refer to: * Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (1602–1666), English nobleman, politician, and writer * Mildmay Fane (British Army officer) General Mildmay Fane (3 February 1795 – 12 March 1868) was a British Army officer. Military career Born the son of Henry Fane and Anne Fane (née Batson) as well as the grandson of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, Fane fought at the Ba ...

Mildmay Fane
Mildmay Fane (c. October 1689 – 11 September 1715) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 8 months in 1715, before his early death. Fane was the fifth son of Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland and his wife Rachel, daughter of John Bence. Baptized on 31 October 1689, he inherited the estate of Burston, Hunton, Kent from his cousin Thomas Fane in 1692. Fane unsuccessfully contested Kent as a Whig in the 1713 election, being beaten by a margin of about 600 votes of about 5000 cast. After the death of Queen Anne, he contested the seat again in the 1715 election. He and William Delaune were returned on 8 February, beating the sitting Tory members by a margin of about 200 votes of about 6200 cast. The change of administration, which transferred Government patronage at the Chatham dockyards and the Cinque Ports The Confederation of Cinque Ports () is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sussex, with one ...
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Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl Of Westmorland
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (24 January 1602 – 12 February 1666), styled Lord le Despenser between 1624 and 1628, was an English nobleman, politician and writer. Life One of seven sons of Francis Fane by his wife Mary Mildmay, granddaughter of Sir Walter Mildmay, Mildmay Fane was born in Kent and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (matriculated 1618). He became MP for Peterborough in 1620 and for Kent in 1625. He succeeded his father as Earl of Westmorland and Lord le Despenser on 23 March 1629. A friend of Robert Herrick, he supported the Royalist party at the outbreak of the English Civil War (King Charles I had stood as godfather to Fane's eldest son in 1635). Following a brief period of imprisonment by Parliament, however, he retired to his estate at Apethorpe Palace in Northamptonshire. Writing One hundred and thirty-seven poems by Fane appeared in his self-published collection ''Otia Sacra'' in 1648—the first time a peer of England published his o ...
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