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File:Charles ffane, 1st Viscount fane by John Vanderbank.jpg, 1st Lord Fane.
File:MaryStanhopeMaryffane.jpg, Mary, Viscountess Fane.
File:Detail of pastel of 2nd Lord Fane (c1708-1766) circa 1730s by Rosalba (1675 – 1757), low quality iphone photo.jpg, 2nd Lord Fane.
File:CoverofLettertoCharlesffane1714.jpg, Cover of Letter to Charles ffane, 1714.
File:Mary ffane letter birth of 2nd E Stanhope.jpg, Letter from Mary, Lady Fane, to her husband.
File:Fane Stanhope 1732.jpg, Fane impaling Stanhope on a 1732 salver.
File:FaneStanhopeScagliolaTableTop.jpg, Detail of Scagliola table top with arms of Fane impaling Stanhope, circa 1734, for 1st Viscount Fane & his wife Mary Stanhope.
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Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...
. It was created on 22 April 1718 for the politician and courtier Charles Fane. He was made Baron of Loughguyre, in the County of Limerick, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Fane was the second son of Sir Henry Fane, only son of the Honourable George Fane
Colonel George Fane (c. 1616 – April 1663) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1663. He was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.
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, fifth son of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1 February 158023 March 1629), (styled Sir Francis Fane between 1603 and 1624) of Mereworth in Kent and of Apethorpe in Northamptonshire was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Comm ...
(see Earl of Westmorland
Earl of Westmorland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. The title was first created in 1397 for Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, Ralph Neville. It was forfeited in 1571 by Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorl ...
for earlier history of the family). He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He was a politician and diplomat. The titles became extinct on his death in 1766, though his widow lived on until 1792, and the De Salis were later to add the name and arms of Fane to their own surname (Royal Licence 1809 and 1835).
The Fane's Basildon
Basildon ( ) is the largest town in the borough of Basildon, within the county of Essex, England. It has a population of 107,123. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1159.
It lies east of Central London, south of the city of Chelmsford and ...
estate in Berkshire was then sold while the more profitable ones in counties Armagh and Limerick were later partitioned between sons of the surviving co-heiresses of the last Lord Fane, Peter de Salis and the 5th Earl of Sandwich
Earl of Sandwich is a noble title in the Peerage of England, held since its creation by the House of Montagu. It is nominally associated with Sandwich, Kent. It was created in 1660 for the prominent naval commander Admiral Sir Edward Montagu. ...
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In honour of this inheritance the De Salis added Fane to their name, by Royal Licence in 1809 and 1835.
Viscounts Fane (1718)
*Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane
Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane PC (Ire) (January 1676 – 4 July 1744) was an Anglo-Irish courtier, politician and a landowner in both England and Ireland.
Fane was baptised at Basildon in Berkshire on 30 January 1676, he was the second ...
(1676–1744)
*Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane
Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane (c. 1708 – c. 24 January 1766) was a landowner in Ireland and England, a Whig Member of Parliament and the British Resident in Florence.
Early life
He was the eldest son of Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane by ...
(–1766)
See also
*Earl of Westmorland
Earl of Westmorland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. The title was first created in 1397 for Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, Ralph Neville. It was forfeited in 1571 by Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorl ...
*Count de Salis-Soglio
Count de Salis-Soglio is a continental title of nobility that was recognized in the United Kingdom for a Swiss family which became British Subjects when Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis, was naturalized by Private Act of Parliament in 1743.
Emperor F ...
References
* *''Quadrennial di Fano Saliceorum, volume one'', by R. de Salis, London, 2003. * ''The Complete Peerage...'', by G.E.C. (G. E. Cokayne), Hon. Vicary Gibbs & H.A. Doubleday, vol. V, St. Catherine Press, London, 1926.Viscount
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status.
In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...
Noble titles created in 1718