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Julian Henry Charles Fane (10 October 1827 – 19 April 1870) was a British

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and

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. (DNB volume xviii p. 178) He was a

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Life

Fane was the fifth and youngest son of

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, by Lady Priscilla Anne, daughter of

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.thepeerage.com Hon. Julian Henry Charles Fane
/ref> He was educated at Harrow and

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, where he was a member of the '

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', chancellor's medallist in 1850 and graduated M.A. in 1851. Between 1856 and 1858 he was secretary of legation at St. Petersburg and first secretary and acting ''

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'' at Paris from 1865 to 1867. An extract from a letter written by Edward Granville, the 3rd Earl St Germans, to his son (dated Aug 5, 1850) reads: "Julian Fane has just gained his gold medal at Cambridge from his best English poem.

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went down to hear him recite it. He must by all accounts be a remarkably clever young man, besides being a wonderful musician." In 1852 he issued ''Poems'', and a translation of

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in 1854. Fane married Lady Adine Eliza Anne, daughter of

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, in 1866. They had one son (who did not reach adulthood) and a daughter, Ethel Anne Priscilla, who married

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. Lady Adine Fane died in October 1868, only a few months after the birth of her son. Fane only survived her by two years and died in 1870. He died at 29 Portman Square, London, on 19 April 1870.

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