Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1707–1793), died at Leeds Castle, England, which he inherited from his mother Catharine, daughter of Thomas Culpeper, 2nd Baron Culpeper of Thoresway.

His title and immense domain, which he inherited in 1781, consisting of 5,282,000 acres (21,380 km²), was in possession of his elder brother Thomas during the American Revolutionary War, but it was confiscated during the hostilities by the Virginia Act of 1779. Robert Fairfax was awarded ₤13,758 in 1792, by Act of Parliament for the relief of American Loyalists.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

16. Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron               8. Rev. Henry Fairfax                       17. Catherine Constable               4. Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron                             18. Sir Henry Cholmley of Roxby               9. Mary Cholmley                       19. Margaret Babthorpe               2. Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron                                   20.               10. Sir Robert Barwick of Toulston                       21.               5. Frances Barwick                             22. Walter Strickland of Boynton               11. Ursula Strickland                       23. Frances Wentworth               1. Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron                                         24. Thomas of Wigsell Colepeper[1]               12. John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper                       25. Anne Slaney               6. Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper                             26. Sir Thomas Colepeper of Hollingbourne               13. Judith Colepeper                       27. Elizabeth Cheney[2]               3. Catherine Colepeper                                   28. Jan van Hesse               14. Jan van Hesse                       29. Barbara van Panhuys               7. Margaretta van Hesse                             30. Abel van Cats               15. Catharina van Cats                       31. Charlotte van Tuyll van Serooskerke

See also

• Lord Fairfax of Cameron

References

1. Col. F.W.T. Attree R.E./F.S.A. & Rev. J.H.L. Booker M.A., "The Sussex Colepepers, Part I", Sussex Archaeological Collections, XLVII, 47-81, (1904)
2. Col. F.W.T. Attree R.E./F.S.A. & Rev. J.H.L. Booker M.A., "The Sussex Colepepers, Part I", Sussex Archaeological Collections, XLVII, 47-81, (1904)

External links

• Culpepper Connections! The Culpepper Family History Site