Anthony David Francis Henry Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland (born 1951), styled Lord Burghersh until 1993 (and nicknamed Burghie), is a British peer and outdoorsman.
He was a member of the
House of Lords
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from 1993 to 1999.
Early life
The eldest son of
David Fane, 15th Earl of Westmorland
David Anthony Thomas Fane, 15th Earl of Westmorland, (31 March 1924 – 8 September 1993), styled Lord Burghersh until 1948, was a British courtier, landowner and member of the House of Lords.
Early life and military service
The elder s ...
and his wife Barbara Jane, he was educated at
Eton College
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and then in Spain.
Career
He was a director of
Phillips the Auctioneers from 1994 until 2002 and then of
Bonhams
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until 2003. In that year he joined Piers Watson to found Watson Westmorland, an independent art appraisal firm.
Westmorland is a
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
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, life president of the
St Moritz
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Sporting Club, and was a member of the Orbitex
North Pole
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research expedition in 1990.
Personal life
In 1985, he married Caroline Fairey, by whom he has one daughter, Lady Daisy Caroline Fane (born 18 January 1989).
['']Burke's Peerage
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'', volume 3, 2003, p. 4134
The
heir presumptive
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to the earldom is his brother Harry St. Clair Fane (born 1953), whose heir is his son Sam Michael David Fane (born 1989).
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References
External links
Profile at Watson Westmorland
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1951 births
Living people
20th-century English nobility
21st-century English nobility
People educated at Eton College
Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
Earls of Westmorland
Barons Burghersh
David
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Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999