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George Fane (c. 1616 – April 1663) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1640 and 1663. He was Lord of the

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. He fought in the

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army in the

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. Colonel the Hon. George Fane was the fifth but fourth surviving son of

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and his wife, Mary Mildmay (died 1640), daughter and heir of Sir

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, Northamptonshire. He was educated at

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from 1627 to 1632History of Parliament Online - Fane, George
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in 1632. He travelled abroad from 1635 to 1638, visiting

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. In 1640, Fane was elected

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(MP) for

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in Cornwall, a seat controlled by the Rolle family of Heanton Satchville,

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. By 1642, he was a Captain of an Irish foot regiment and was Royalist lieutenant colonel by 1643. He was colonel of a foot regiment from 1644 to 1649 and fought as a colonel at

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. Fane acquired the mortgage, in trust for his son, of a Thameside

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estate at Basildon House in 1656 in the names of his sister, Rachael Fane (styled ''Lady Bath'') (who may have supplied the money) and his nephew, Charles Fane, Lord le Despenser (later the third Earl of Westmorland and 10th Baron le Despencer). Following the Restoration he was a

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and a Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire until his death. He was a Commissioner for assessment for Warwickshire from August 1660 to 1661 and one for Berkshire from 1661 to 1663. In 1661 Fane was elected MP for Wallingford in the

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. He was one of the most active Members in the opening sessions of the parliament, serving on 84 committees. Fane died in the parish of St Andrew's, Hatton Garden and was buried in

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, Smithfield on 25 April 1663, a church which had close links to his mother's family. LadyRachelFaneengraving

Fane married, by 1650, Dorothy Horsey (born c. 19 August 1630) daughter and heir of James Horsey (died 1630) of Honington (Hunningham), Warwickshire. That property was sold in 1690 and 1695). He was survived by his son Sir Henry Fane, KB and his wife who later remarried.

References

*R. de Salis, ''Quadrennial di Fano Saliceorum, volume one'', London, 2003 *Basil Duke Henning, ''The History of Parliament'', ''The House of Commons 1660-1690'', H.P.T., Secker & Warburg, London, 1983. *(other printed (''GEC''), manuscript & family knowledge {{DEFAULTSORT:Fane, George 1616 births 1663 deaths People from Basildon, Berkshire People from Warwickshire Younger sons of earls People educated at Eton College Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of England for Callington English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1661–1679 George, Col. the Hon. Members of the Parliament of England for Wallingford English justices of the peace