Sir George Fermor of Easton Neston (died 1612) was an English soldier and landowner. George Fermor was the son of Sir John Fermor (d. 1571) and his wife, Maud (d. 1579), a daughter of

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. George Fermor fought in the Netherlands and was knighted by the

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in 1586. He was

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in 1589. On 27 June 1603, he entertained the courts of

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and

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, who had travelled separately from Scotland, at

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near Towcester. The king knighted his eldest son, Hatton Fermor. Lady Anne Clifford described the day; "From

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the Queen went to Sir Hatton Fermor's where the King met her, where there were an infinite company of Lords and Ladies, and other people, such that the country could scarce lodge them." The royal party went next to

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next.

Family

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, and daughter of Thomas Curzon of

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and Agnes Hussey. Their children included:Arthur Collins & Egerton Brydges, ''Collins's peerage of England'', vol. 4 (London, 1812), pp. 202–205. * Hatton Fermor (d. 1640), who married Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of Edmund Anderson, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and secondly, Anna Cockayne, daughter of

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. Their eldest son was

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. * Robert Fermor (b c1582 d 1616), who married Mary Bolles(b. ca. 1582 – d ca. 1616), had family estates in Ireland, one next door to William Penn. Son, Major Jasper Farmar Sr. (1610-1685), emigrated from Ireland with his family to Pennsylvania in 1685 but died on the voyage along with son Jasper Farmar Jr. Rest of the family established themselves in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. * Agnes Fermor (d. 1617), who married Sir Richard Wenman of

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. * Elizabeth Fermor, who married Sir William Stafford of

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, and secondly Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, Chief Justice of Cheshire. * Jane Fermor (d. 1638), who married and subsequently divorced, after a bitter decade-long battle, Sir John Killigrew of Falmouth Castle * Catherine Fermor, who married William Hoby of Hailes * Anne (or Mary) Fermor, who married

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(d. 1612), and secondly,

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. She was the patron of the author

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References

Sources

* ''Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine''. Volume I: Arnold-Hertzel Farmar of Ardevalaine, County Tipperary, Ireland, and of Whitemarsh, Philadelphia County, PA.

External links

''Portrait of man called Sir George Fermor'', Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 406184

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