Viscount Fane

Viscount Fane was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 22 April 1718 for the politician and courtier Charles Fane. He was made Baron of Loughguyre, in the County of Limerick, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Fane was the second son of Sir Henry Fane, only son of the Honourable George Fane, fifth son of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland (see Earl of Westmorland for earlier history of the family). He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He was a politician and diplomat. The titles became extinct on his death in 1766.

Viscounts Fane (1718)

• Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane (1676–1744)
• Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane (c. 1708–1766)

See also

• Earl of Westmorland

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Quadrennial di Fano Saliceorum, volume one, by R. de Salis, London, 2003.
• The Complete Peerage..., by G.E.C. (G. E. Cokayne), Hon. Vicary Gibbs & H.A. Doubleday, vol. V, St. Catherine Press, London, 1926.