Lieutenant-Commander Vere Anthony Francis Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland (25 March 1893 – 12 May 1948), styled Lord Burghersh until 1922, was a British peer. Styled Lord Burghersh from birth, he was the eldest son of

Anthony Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Mildmay Julian Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Justice of the Peace, JP (16 August 1859 – 9 June 1922), styled Lord Burghersh between October 1859 and 1891, was a British peer. Back ...

, by Lady Sybil Mary, daughter of Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn. He served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and was present at the

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aboard ''Lion'', Lord Beatty's flagship.Lt.-Cdr. Vere Anthony Francis St. Clair Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland
thepeerage.com Noted as a "sporting peer", he succeeded his father in the earldom in 1922, when he began his association with horse racing. Having always been a keen rider to hounds he now raced as an amateur both on the flat and under National Hunt rules. He also owned and trained racehorses, having a particularly successful season in 1923 when he trained 23 winners. In 1924 Royal Chancellor won him the

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. Having visited America to study business methods he began a business career in 1929 and was elected to the boards of two energy companies. He retired from training in 1931 but continued his sporting interests, which included

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, and in his later years

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; he was also on the board of

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. Lord Westmorland married the Honourable Diana, daughter of Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale, and widow of both Percy Lyulph Wyndham (son of

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and half-brother of

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) and Arthur Capel, in 1923. They had two sons, of whom the elder,

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, succeeded him; the younger son was the author Julian Fane. They also had a daughter, Lady Rose Fane. Lord Westmorland died at his home near

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, on 12 May 1948, aged 55, after an illness of some three months. He was described in his obituary as being "of handsome appearance and impressive deportment"."Obituary: Earl of Westmorland, a Keen Sportsman". ''The Times'', 13 May 1948, Issue 51070, p. 7, col E. The Countess of Westmorland died in December 1983, aged 90.

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1893 births 1948 deaths 20th-century English nobility British racehorse trainers Vere Earls of Westmorland Barons Burghersh Royal Navy officers of World War I {{England-earl-stub