Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (16 April 1657 – 6 January 1710 N.S.) was an English politician.
Life
Fairfax was the great-grandson of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron. His father was Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, and his mother was Francis Barwick.
Fairfax graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1675. In 1688, he was Colonel of the Yorkshire Militia, under Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby. In 1690 and 1695, he was a member of Parliament as a Tory and Court supporter.[1]
In 1704 Fairfax obtained from Queen Anne a patent to search for wrecks and treasure in the West Indies, exclusive for three years. A company was formed, and three salvage vessels were sent. But the expedition was a financial failure.[2] In 1707 he was in parliament again, elected for Yorkshire in a by-election. But the 1707 Act of Union disqualified him as an MP, since Scottish peers could no longer be in the House of Commons.[3]
Family
In 1685, Fairfax married Catherine Colepepper, daughter of Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper, and they had seven children: Thomas Fairfax, Henry Colpepper Fairfax, Katherine Fairfax, Margaret Fairfax, Frances Fairfax, Mary Fairfax, Robert Fairfax.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley, The House of Commons, 1690-1715, p. 1013
- ↑ Jr Brown, PhD; Stuart E. Brown, Jr. (1 August 2008). Virginia Baron: The Story of Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-8063-5218-3. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Fairfax, Thomas, 5th Ld. Fairfax of Cameron (S) (1657-1710), of Denton and Cookbridge Hall, Yorks.
- ↑ Harrison Genealogy Repository, Thomas FAIRFAX, 5TH LORD Of Cameron
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| Preceded by William Palmes Sir Watkinson Payler |
Member of Parliament for Malton 1685—1689 With: Thomas Worsley |
Succeeded by William Palmes Sir William Strickland |
| Preceded by The Viscount Dungarvan Sir John Kaye |
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire 1689–1702 With: Sir John Kaye 1689–1698, 1701 The Viscount Downe 1698–1701 The Viscount of Irvine 1701–1702 |
Succeeded by Marquess of Hartington Sir John Kaye |
| Preceded by Marquess of Hartington Sir John Kaye |
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire 1707 With: Marquess of Hartington |
Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain |
| Military offices | ||
| Preceded by Richard Leveson |
Colonel of Lord Fairfax's Regiment of Dragoons 1694—1695 |
Succeeded by William Lloyd |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by Henry Fairfax |
Lord Fairfax of Cameron 1688—1710 |
Succeeded by Thomas Fairfax |