Henry Fane (1703–1777)
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Henry Fane (1703–1777)
Henry Fane (16 October 1703 – 31 May 1777), of Wormsley near Watlington, Oxfordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1757 to 1777. Early life Fane was the third son of Henry Fane of Brympton, Henry Fane (1669–1726) of Brympton and Anne Scrope, sister of John Scrope (MP), John Scrope of Wormsley. His grandfather was Francis Fane (dramatist), Francis Fane, a Restoration (England), Restoration dramatist He was appointed one of the chief clerks of the Board of Treasury in 1742 and held the post until July 1764. In 1756 he was appointed a Clerk of the Privy Council (United Kingdom), clerk of the Privy Council. Political career Fane followed a long line of Fanes as Member of Parliament, Members of Parliament for Lyme Regis (UK Parliament constituency), Lyme Regis, the family's pocket borough, inherited from John Scrope (MP), John Scrope. At times this provided the Fanes with up to two MPs at the same time. Fane's two brothers Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of ...
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Henry Fane (1703-1777), Gainsborough
Henry Fane may refer to: * Henry Fane (died 1580), member of parliament (MP) for Winchelsea * Henry Fane (died 1596), MP for Hythe *Sir Henry Fane (died 1706) (c. 1650–1706), MP for Reading * Henry Fane of Brympton (1669–1726), English merchant * Henry Fane of Wormsley (1703–1777), British politician, MP for Lyme Regis * Henry Fane (1739–1802), British politician, MP for Lyme Regis *Henry Hamlyn-Fane (1817–1868), British soldier and politician, MP for Hampshire South *Sir Henry Fane (British Army officer) (1778–1840), general and MP for Lyme Regis, for Sandwich, and for Hastings * Henry Sutton Fane (1804–1857), MP for Lyme Regis *Henry William Newman Fane Captain Henry William Newman Fane, OBE, JP, DL (6 February 1897 – 23 May 1976) was an English local politician who served as the Chairman of Kesteven County Council and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Early life and family A member of the Fa ...
(1897–1976), English local politician in Kesteven, Linco ...
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