Sir Nicholas Fairfax (1498/99 – 1571), of

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and Walton, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was born the eldest son of Sir Thomas Fairfax of

and educated at the

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. He succeeded his father in 1520 and was knighted before 1530. He was selected High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1531–32, 1544–1555 and 1561–62. He was a

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(MP) for

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in 1542 and for

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in 1547 and 1563. He died in 1571. He had married twice, firstly Jane, the daughter of Guy Palmes of Naburn, with whom he had at least 8 sons and at least 4 daughters and secondly Alice, the daughter of (Sir) John Harington of Exton, Rutland and the widow of Richard Flower of Whitwell, Rutland and of Sir Henry Sutton of Averham, Nottinghamshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son Sir

William Fairfax William Fairfax (1691–1757) was a political appointee of the British Crown in several colonies as well as a planter and politician in the Colony of Virginia. Fairfax served as Collector of Customs in Barbados, Chief Justice and governor of the ...

, who was also an MP for Yorkshire and High Sheriff of the county.

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