Family and Education
b. 3 Feb. 1784, o.s. of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, by 1st w. Sarah Anne, da. and h. of Robert Child, London banker, of Osterley Park, Mdx. educ. Cheam; Harrow 1797-9; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1802. m. 26 June 1811, Priscilla Anne Wellesley Pole, da. of Hon. William Wellesley Pole, 5s. 3da. CB 4 June 1815; GCH 23 Apr. 1817; KCB 15 Feb. 1838; suc. fa. as 11th Earl of Westmorland 15 Dec. 1841; GCB 24 June 1846.
Offices Held
Ensign, 11 Ft. 1803; lt. Northants. militia 1803, 7 Ft. 1804; capt. 23 Ft. 1805; capt. 3 Drag. Gds. 1805; asst. adj.-gen. Sicily and Egypt 1806 – 07; maj. 91 Ft. 1810; lt.-col. 63 Ft. 1811; mil. commr. to allied H.Q. 1813 – 14; extra. a.d.c. to Prince Regent 1814 – 25; col. 1814, maj.-gen. 1825, lt.-gen. 1838; col. 56 Ft. 1842 – d.; gen. 1854.
Envoy to Tuscany Aug. 1814–30; minister, Parma 1818 – 20; envoy, Parma 1820 – 31; envoy, Modena and Lucca 1818 – 31; PC 28 Mar. 1822; spec. mission, Rome 1823, Sicily 1825; envoy to Prussia 1841 – 51; minister, Anhalt-Dessau 1847 – 51, Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1847 – 51, Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1847 – 51; ambassador to Austria 1851 – 55; envoy to Belgium 1856.
Main residence: Apethorpe, Northants.
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Commons 1790-1820
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FANE, John (1784-1859)
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