Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (30 December 1631 – 13 April 1688) was an English politician. He was the grandson of

Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron (c. 1560 – 1 May 1640) was an English army officer, diplomat and politician. Life Thomas Fairfax was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton, Yorkshire and Dorothy Gale, and was born at ...

He was born the son of Henry Fairfax, of York, Rector of Bolton Percy, Yorkshire and Lady Mary Cholmondeley (1593-1649) and educated at

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. He took part in the Yorkshire rising in support of George Monck in January 1660 under the leadership of his cousin Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax. He later succeeded his cousin in 1671, inheriting the family estate at

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. He sat in Parliament to represent

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in March and October 1679 and again in 1681. He married Frances Barwick, and they had ten children:''Henry 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron FAIRFAX'', RootsWeb, ID: I038470
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Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron Major-General Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (16 April 1657 – 6 January 1710) was an English Army officer and politician. Early life Fairfax was born on April 16, 1657, the great-grandson of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of ...

(born 1657) * Henry Fairfax Of Toulston (born 20 April 1659) * Ursula Fairfax (born 3 May 1661) * Frances Fairfax (born 2 April 1663) * Bryan Fairfax (born 2 April 1665) * Barwicke Fairfax (born 18 September 1677) * Anne Fairfax (born 27 April 1670) * Mary Fairfax (born 1673)

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1631 births 1688 deaths Members of Gray's Inn

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