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For other people with the same name, see Thomas Fairfax (disambiguation).

Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (16 April 1657 – 6 January 1710) was an English Army officer, politician, and peer.

Early life

Fairfax was born on April 16, 1657, the great-grandson of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron of the Scottish peerage. His father was Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and his mother was Frances Barwick.

Career

Fairfax graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1675 and served in the Yorkshire Militia under the Earl of Danby. After the Glorious Revolution in 1688, he was appointed Lt-Colonel of Lord Castleton's Regiment of Foot, a new regiment raised to fight in the Nine Years' War. In 1694, William III made him Colonel of a Regiment of Foot and he was promoted to Brigadier in 1696, shortly before the Treaty of Ryswick ended the war in 1697.[1] He left military service in 1703 as a Major-General.

In 1690 and 1695, he was a Member of Parliament generally supporting the Tory interest, 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 the 1707 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 from Queen Anne to search for wrecks and treasure in the West Indies but the venture was a financial failure.[4] He died on 6 January 1710.

Family

In 1685, Fairfax married Catherine Colepepper, daughter of Thomas 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

References

  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. ISBN 978-0-8063-5218-3.
  5. ^ Harrison Genealogy Repository, Thomas FAIRFAX, 5TH LORD Of Cameron
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Malton
1685–1689
With: Thomas Worsley 		Succeeded by
Preceded by 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
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Yorkshire
1707
With: Marquess of Hartington 		Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of Lord Fairfax's Regiment of Dragoons
1694–1695 		Succeeded by
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Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Lord Fairfax of Cameron
1688–1710 		Succeeded by
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