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Henry William Newman Fane,

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, JP, DL (6 February 1897 – 23 May 1976) was an English local politician who served as Chairman of

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and

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Early life and family

A member of the

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, Henry William Newman Fane was born on 6 February 1897, the eldest son of

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William Vere Reeve Fane (later King-Fane) (1868–1943), JP, DL, of

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, and his wife, Helen Beatrice (died 1962), daughter of Thomas Houldsworth Newman.Mosley, Charles (2003). ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 107th ed., volume 2 (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage & Gentry), p. 4138 On 14 December 1946, Fane married Dorothy Mary (died 1986), daughter of Alexander Ogilvy Findlay, of Llantarmam in

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; they had one daughter: Mary Helen (1947–2000), who married Michael Robin Fry, a graphic designer, and had issue.

Career

Following schooling at

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and the

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, Fane joined the

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, being commissioned into the Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery in the Royal Regiment of Artillery as a

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on 22 April 1915. He served in

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and was promoted to lieutenant in September 1919, before retiring in January 1923 with that rank. In 1937, he was appointed a

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and elected onto Kesteven County Council; in 1951, he became a deputy lieutenant, and the following year was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire and was elected by his fellow County Councillors to be an alderman. He was successively vice-chairman (1957–62) and chairman (1962–67) of Kesteven County Council, before chairing the

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Authority in 1968. He was a long-term chairman of Sleaford Magistrates and a prominent member of the Divisional

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Association."Death of Capt H. W. N. Fane", ''Lincolnshire Echo'', 25 May 1976, p. 1 Described by the ''

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'' as a "leading figure in Lincolnshire public and political life for many years", Fane was appointed an Officer of the

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in 1974. He died on 23 May 1976, aged 79.''The Times'' (London), 1 June 1976, p. 14

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fane, Henry William Newman 1897 births 1976 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire Deputy Lieutenants of Lincolnshire Officers of the Order of the British Empire English landowners Members of Kesteven County Council