Family and Education
b. c. 1698, 1st s. of Henry Fane of Bristol by Anne, da. of Thomas Scrope, a Bristol merchant, sis. and coh. (in her issue) of John Scrope; bro. of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland. educ. King’s, Camb. 1715; M. Temple 1714, called 1721. unm. suc. fa. 1726.
Offices Held
Counsel to the board of Trade 1725 – 46; K.C. 1727; solicitor-gen. to the Queen 1730 – 37; chairman of committees of supply and ways and means 1739 – 51; ld. of Trade 1746 – 55.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Brympton, nr. Yeovil, Som.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
FANE, Francis (c.1698-1757)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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