Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy baronets
TheFairfax,laterRamsay-Fairfax,laterCameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy Baronetcy,of The Holmes in theCounty of Roxburgh,is a title in theBaronetage of the United Kingdom.[1]It was created on 14 March 1836 for Henry Fairfax, in honour of his father,Vice AdmiralSir William George Fairfax.The second Baronetassumed the additional surnameof Ramsay in 1876, which was themaiden nameof his maternal grandmother. The third Baronet assumed byRoyal Licencethe additional surname of Lucy in 1892 after his marriage to Ada Christina Lucy, daughter and heiress of Henry Spencer Lucy. In 1921 he added by Royal licence the additional surname of Cameron, making this quadruple-barrelled name a notable example ofthe British tradition of concatenated surnames.
The sixth Baronet was the husband ofLucinda Lambton,architectural writer, between 1986 and 1989.
Charlecote Parkin the village ofCharlecoteinWarwickshirecame into the Fairfax family through the marriage of the third Baronet to Ada Christina Lucy. The previous owners of Charlecote Park, theLucy family,had become extinct in the male line. In the 20th century the family fell on harder times and they gave Charlecote Park to theNational Trust.
TheLords Fairfax of Cameronare members of another branch of the Fairfax family.
Fairfax, later Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy baronets, of The Holmes (1836)[edit]
- Sir Henry Fairfax, 1st Baronet(1790–1860)
- Sir William George Herbert Taylor Ramsay-Fairfax, 2nd Baronet(1831–1902)
- Sir Henry William Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 3rd Baronet(1870–1944)
- Sir Henry Montgomerie Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy,MC,4th Baronet (1896–1965)
- Sir Brian Fulke Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 5th Baronet(1898–1974)
- Sir Edmund John William Hugh Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 6th Baronet(1945–2020)[2]
- Sir Patrick Samuel Thomas Fulke Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 7th Baronet(1995–)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"No. 19359".The London Gazette.23 February 1836. p. 358.
- ^"Sir Edmund John William Hugh Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 6th Bt".National Portrait Gallery, London.Archivedfrom the original on 4 June 2020.Retrieved4 June2020.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors).Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage(1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets