John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (5 May 1728 – 25 April 1774), known as Lord Burghersh until 1771, was an English peer and Member of Parliament.

Early life

He was the eldest son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland of

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, Buckinghamshire, and Elizabeth Swymmer (the daughter of

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sugar merchant William Swymmer). His younger brother was Henry Fane, MP. His father was the second son of Henry Fane of

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and Anne Scrope (sister and co-heiress of John Scrope). In 1757 his father succeeded his uncle

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to their father's Brympton estate and, in 1762, inherited the title of Earl of Westmoreland from

John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland (24 March 1685 – 26 August 1762), styled The Honourable John Fane from 1691 to 1733 and Lord Catherlough from 1733 to 1736, of Mereworth Castle in Kent, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in ...

, his father's cousin. Fane was educated at

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from 1739 to 1745.

Career

He succeeded his father as MP for

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from 1762 (passing the seat on to his brother Henry in 1771). In 1771 he inherited the titles and estates of his father and took his seat in the House of Lords.

Personal life

His first wife was Augusta Bertie, granddaughter of

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, whom he married on 26 March 1758. They had three children: *

John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, (1 June 175915 December 1841), styled Lord Burghersh between 1771 and 1774, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who served in most of the cabinets of the period, primari ...

(1759–1841), who married Sarah Anne Child, the only daughter and heiress of wealthy banker, Robert Child, against her father's wishes. * Hon. Thomas Fane (1760–1807), who married Anne Lowe in 1789 and had issue. * Lady Augusta Fane (1761–1838), who married

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. His second wife was Susan Gordon, daughter of Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon and Lady Catherine Gordon. They married on 28 May 1767, and had three children: * Lady Susan Fane (1768–1793), who married John Drummond, 12th of Lennoch and 5th of Megginch, in 1788, son of

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and brother of Gen. Sir Gordon Drummond and Lady Hervey. * Lady Elizabeth Fane (1770–1844), who married William Lowther's brother Sir John Lowther and had issue. * Lady Mary Fane (1772–1855), who married George Fludyer, MP, younger son of Sir Samuel Fludyer, 1st Baronet, in 1792 and had issue. His widow Susan remarried to Col. John Woodford in 1778, at

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, London and their issue included

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Reynolds portrait

In 1764

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painted his full-length portrait entitled ''Lord Burghersh.'' Reynolds was paid 100

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for the work which depicted the subject wearing blue, embroidered with gold, in a landscape with the family seat,

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, in the background. In May 1903 the portrait was sold to Martin Colnaghi for 1,250 guineas.

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''Sale Of The Vaile And Other Pictures'' 25 May 1903

References

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