FANE, Francis (bef.1581-1629), of Badsell, Tudeley, Kent; later of Apethorpe, Northants.

b. bef. 1581, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Fane of Badsell by his 2nd w. Mary (later Baroness le Despenser), da. and h. of Henry Neville, 6th Lord Bergavenny; bro. of George. educ. Maidstone g.s.; Queens’, Camb. c.1595; L. Inn 1597. m. 1599, Mary, da. and h. of Sir Anthony Mildmay of Apethorpe, 7s. 6da. suc. fa. 1589. Kntd. 1603; cr. Earl of Westmorland 1624; suc. to mother’s title as Baron le Despenser 1626.CP; Collins, Peerage, iii. 294; Vis. Kent. (Harl. Soc, lxxv), 42-4, 112-14.