Family and Education
b. 1560, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton and Nun Appleton by Dorothy, da. of George Gale, ld. mayor of York. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1577; L. Inn 1579. m. 1582, Ellen, da. of Robert Aske of Aughton, 9s. 3da. Kntd. 1591 or 1592; suc. fa. 28 Jan. 1600; cr. Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron [S] Oct. 1627.CP; Lansd. 121, ff. 70, 71; APC, xxix. 491; Reid, Council of the North, 399, 496; APC, xlii. 244.
Offices Held
J.p. Cumb., Westmld. from c. 1583, Yorks (W. Riding) from c. 1592; commr. musters, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1598 – 99; member, council in the north from 1599.
Main residences: Denton; Nun Appleton, Yorks.
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Commons 1558-1603
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FAIRFAX, Thomas I (1560-1640)
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