Sir George Fane (1581 – 26 June 1640) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1601 and 1640.

Life

Fane was the second son of Sir Thomas Fane of

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in Kent, by his second wife, Mary Neville, who was a daughter of

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and his wife, the former Lady Frances Manners. Fane was matriculated from

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in 1595 and admitted at

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on 19 November 1597. Arms GeorgeFane (of Burston) WestminsterAbbey

In 1601, Fane was elected

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for

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. He was knighted on 23 July 1603 at the coronation of King James I. In 1604 he was elected MP for

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and in 1614 was elected MP for Dover again. He was elected MP for

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in 1621. In 1624 he was elected MP for

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and was elected again in 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640 Fane was elected again as MP for Maidstone in the

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. Fane died at the age of 59. He was not buried with his first wife.

Personal

Fane married firstly Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Lord Spencer (of Althorp) and his wife Margaret Willoughby on 3 September 1607 but they had no children. Elizabeth died in 1618 and was buried on 19 November 1618 in St Nicholas’ chapel in

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where there is a large and elaborate monument of alabaster and marble.Westminster Abbey People Elizabeth Fane
/ref> Fane's second wife was Anne Boteler, by whom he had six children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fane, George 1581 births 1640 deaths Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge People from the Borough of Tunbridge Wells Members of Lincoln's Inn People from Dover District English MPs 1601 English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) Members of the Parliament of England for Dover