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Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron
MP
Thomas Fairfax, 1684 portrait byJohn Riley
Born16 April 1657
Died6 January 1710
NationalityEnglish
Title5thLord Fairfax of Cameron
PredecessorHenry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
SuccessorThomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
SpouseCatherine Colepepper
Children7, includingThomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of CameronandRobert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Parent(s)Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Frances Barwick

Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron(16 April 1657 – 6 January 1710) was anEnglish Armyofficer, politician, and peer.

Early life

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Fairfax was born on April 16, 1657, the great-grandson ofThomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameronof the Scottish peerage. His father wasHenry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameronand his mother was Frances Barwick.

Career

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Fairfax graduated fromMagdalen College, Oxfordin 1675 and served in the Yorkshire Militia under theEarl of Danby.After theGlorious Revolutionin 1688, he was appointed Lt-Colonel ofLord Castleton's Regiment of Foot,a new regiment raised to fight in theNine Years' War.In 1694,William IIImade him Colonel of a Regiment of Foot and he was promoted to Brigadier in 1696, shortly before theTreaty of Ryswickended the war in 1697.[1]He left military service in 1703 as a Major-General.

In 1690 and 1695, he was aMember of Parliamentgenerally supporting theToryinterest, although the modern concept of political parties did not yet apply.[2]He was able to sit in the English Parliament because his title was part of the Scottish peerage; after the1707 Act of Union,Scottish peers were disqualified and he was required to give up his seat.[3]

In 1704, Fairfax obtained a three-year licence fromQueen Anneto search for wrecks and treasure in theWest Indiesbut the venture was a financial failure.[4]He died on 6 January 1710.

Family

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In 1685, Fairfax married Catherine Colepepper, daughter ofThomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper,and they had seven children:Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron,Henry Colpepper Fairfax, Katherine Fairfax, Margaret Fairfax, Frances Fairfax, Mary Fairfax,Robert Fairfax.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Cannon, Richard (1838).Historical Record of the Fifth Regiment of Foot, Or Northumberland Fusiliers.p. 110.
  2. ^David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley,The House of Commons, 1690-1715,p. 1013
  3. ^historyofparliamentonline.org,Fairfax, Thomas, 5th Ld. Fairfax of Cameron (S) (1657-1710), of Denton and Cookbridge Hall, Yorks.
  4. ^Jr Brown, PhD; Stuart E. Brown Jr. (2008).Virginia Baron: The Story of Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax.Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 8–9.ISBN978-0-8063-5218-3.
  5. ^Harrison Genealogy Repository,Thomas FAIRFAX, 5TH LORD Of Cameron
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of ParliamentforMalton
1685–1689
With:Thomas Worsley 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of ParliamentforYorkshire
1689–1702
With:Sir John Kaye1689–1698, 1701
The Viscount Downe1698–1701
The Viscount of Irvine1701–1702 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of ParliamentforYorkshire
1707
With:Marquess of Hartington 		Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel ofLord Fairfax's Regiment of Dragoons
1694–1695 		Succeeded by
William Lloyd
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Lord Fairfax of Cameron
1688–1710 		Succeeded by
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