Sir Francis Fane of Fulbeck () supported the Royalist cause during the

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Biography

Fane was the third, but second surviving, son of

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 Com ...

. Fane was made a

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at the coronation of

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. During the

he was appointed by the

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to be governor of

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for the King, and afterwards of

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. 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

(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

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in May 1663 (and expelled in 1682). Fane was seated at Fulbeck, in Lincolnshire, and at Aston in Yorkshire, where he resided the latter part of his life.

Family

Fane's siblings included,

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, g ...

; Rachel, Countess of Bath; and Colonel the Hon.

George Fane Colonel George Fane (c. 1616 – April 1663) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1663. He was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War. ...

. In 1636, Fane married Elizabeth (widow of John, 4th Lord Darcy and 3rd Baron Darcy of Aston), born at

Firbeck Firbeck is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with Nottinghamshire. It lies between Maltby and Oldcotes, off the A634 and B6463 roads. Firbeck had a population of ...

, Yorkshire, the eldest daughter of William West of ('the county of York') and his wife Catherine Darcy, of Dartford, Kent, the daughter of Sir Edward Darcy. Elizabeth was co-heir with her brother, John West, Esq. She died in 1669, aged 62 or 63, leaving her four sons and six daughters by Sir Francis Fane: # Francis, who became a dramatist # William, who died unmarried # Henry # Edward, who married Jane, third daughter of James Stanier, of London, merchant, still living 1679. Edward died in 1679, aged 37, and was buried at

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, London # Mary, married to a man by the surname of Marshall, of Fisherton, Lincolnshire # Rachael # Elizabeth, cites: Inscription in Mollington Church married Thomas Wodhull, of Mollington in Oxfordshire, Esq. and died 2 May 1678 # Catherine # Grace, wife of William Grove, of Shropshire, Esq. # Jane

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External links

Cracroft's Peerage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fane, Francis Cavaliers Original Fellows of the Royal Society Younger sons of earls Francis 1610s births 1680s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain