John Fane (1775–1850)
John Fane (9 July 1775 – 4 October 1850),Tory politician.
Background
A member of the
Political career
Fane succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire in 1824, a seat he held until 1831.[3] He also served as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1835.
An anti-Catholic, he generally supported the Tory line.[4]
Family
Fane married Elizabeth, daughter of William Lowndes-Stone-Norton, in 1801.[5] They had several children, including his heir John Fane, Reverend Frederick Adrian Scrope Fane (1810–1894) and George Augustus Scrope Fane (1817–1860).[6] He died in October 1850. His wife survived him by 15 years and died in November 1865.[2][7]
References
- ^ UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current [
- ^ a b "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning with "O"". Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Aspinall, Arthur, ed. (1962). The Later Correspondence of George Iii. CUP Archive. pp. 39, footnote 7.
- ^ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936
- ^ UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995