Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Mildmay Julian Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland,

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, JP (16 August 1859 – 9 June 1922), styled Lord Burghersh between October 1859 and 1891, was a British peer.

Background and education

Fane was born at Curzon House, 8

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, London, the second and youngest son of

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and Lady Adelaide Ida, daughter of

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.thepeerage.com Lt.-Col. Anthony Mildmay Julian Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland
/ref> He was baptised at Apethorpe, Northampton. He was educated at

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. He was fond of

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, and although not in the Eleven whilst at Eton, he occasionally played for Northamptonshire under his title Lord Burghersh.Wisden Obituaries 1922: Westmorland, 13th Earl of
/ref> On 3 August 1891, he succeeded his father in the earldom.

Military career

Lord Westmorland was appointed a

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in the 3rd (

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) battalion of the

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, known as the

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, on 7 March 1900. He accompanied the 3rd Battalion of the Regiment to South Africa in April 1902, when they were posted there for the last stages of the

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. Following the end of the war in June 1902, Lord Westmorland and the other men of the 3rd battalion left

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on the SS ''Scot'' in early September, and returned to Northampton after arrival in the United Kingdom later the same month. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the regiment from 1907 to 1914, and in 1911 he was appointed an Aide-de-Camp to

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. He fought in the

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as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the

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, and was made a Commander of the

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(CBE) in 1919. He was also Justice of the Peace for Northamptonshire.

Family

On 28 May 1892, Lord Westmorland married his first wife Lady Sybil Mary St.Clair-Erskine, the daughter of

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and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy. The wedding took place at

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, London. The countess was renowned for her beauty, and was connected with the group known as

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. She died on 21 July 1910 aged 38. The couple had the following children: * Lieutenant-Commander Vere Anthony Francis St.Clair Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland (15 March 1893 – 12 May 1948) he married Hon. Diana Lister (daughter of

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) on 7 June 1923. They have three children. *Lady Enid Victoria Rachel Fane (24 April 1894 – 9 September 1969) married Major The Honorable Henry Cecil Vane on 25 August 1914. She remarried Major Herbert Turnor on 1 September 1922. They had two daughters, Rosemary Sybil (9 September 1924 – 21 September 2015) and Pamela (born 22 May 1926) and through Rosemary, Enid was the maternal grandmother of Neil McCorquodale, husband of

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(the elder sister of

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). *Major the Hon. Mountjoy John Charles Wedderburn Fane (8 October 1900 – 9 October 1963), who married Agatha Acland-Hood-Reynardson on 29 April 1926. They had two children, Lt.-Cdr. Antony Charles Reynardson Fane (born 11 October 1927) and Daphne Sybil Fane (25 March 1929 – 23 January 2005). *Lady (Violet) Gloria Sybil Fane (11 April 1902 – 9 September 1969) Due to financial difficulties, he sold the family seat,

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, in 1904. It had been in his family for 300 years. After the death of his first wife, Lord Westmorland married Catherine Louise Geale on 22 April 1916. The wedding took place at

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in Kent. Catherine was the daughter of Reverend John Samuel Geale, and later a supporter of the

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. He died in

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, Sussex on 9 June 1922, and was buried there on 14 June.

References

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