Fane (surname)

Fane is a surname.^{[nb 1]}

Notable people with the surname include:

Charles Fane de Salis (1860–1942), Bishop of Taunton from 1911 to 1930
Sir Charles George Fane (1837–1909), British Admiral
Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane (1837–1900), diplomat and minister plenipotentiary to Denmark
Sir Francis Fane (Royalist) of Fulbeck (c. 1611–1681), supported the Royalist cause During the English Civil War
Sir Francis Fane (dramatist) of Fulbeck (d. 1691), Restoration play write
Francis Fane 1700-1759 (1700–1759), Tory MP and attorney general to the Prince of Wales
Francis Fane (soldier) (1824–1893), British Colonel who raised the Peshawar Light Horse
Francis Fane of Brympton (d. 1757), Member of Parliament
Francis Fane of Spettisbury (1752–1813), Member of Parliament
Francis William Fane (1778–1844), Rear-Admiral in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars
Frederick Fane (1875–1960), Irish born cricketer, who captained England on five occasions
Sir George Fane (MP for Kent) (d. 1640), English politician
George Fane (c.1616–1663) Civil War royalist officer and member of parliament
Harriet Arbuthnot née Fane (1793–1834), was an early 19th-century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party
Henry Fane (died 1706) (c.1650–1706), Whig Member of Parliament for Reading in 1689, 1690 and 1695 (1689–1698). Irish Privy Councillor from 1690 until his death
Henry Fane (1739–1802) of Fulbeck (1739–1802) Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis 1772–1802
Sir Henry Fane (British Army officer) (1778–1840), of Fulbeck commanded brigades during several battles during the Peninsular War, and served both as a member of Parliament and Commander-in-Chief of India
Henry Fane of Brympton (1669–1726), Bristol Privateer a great-grandson of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland and father of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland
Henry Fane of Wormsley (1703–1777), one of the chief clerks of the board of treasury, one of the chief clerks to the Privy Council, and a Member of Parliament
Henry Hamlyn-Fane (1817–1868), known as Henry Fane until 1861, was a British soldier and Conservative politician.
Lt-Col Henry Sutton Fane (b. 1805), English soldier and politician
Sir John Fane (captain) captain at the battle of Poitiers 1356 who captured King John II of France
John Fane (1751–1824) (1751–1824), British Tory politician
John Fane (1775–1850) (1775–1850), MP and British Tory politician
John Fane (1804–1875) (1804–1875), Colonel in the British Army and a Conservative politician
Julian Henry Charles Fane (1827–1870) diplomatist and poet
Lady Mary Fane (1639–1681) was the daughter of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (1602–1666), English nobleman, politician, and writer
Mildmay Fane (1689–1715), English politician
Mildmay Fane (1794–1868) British General
Priscilla Fane, Countess of Westmorland (1793–1879), British linguist and artist
Sir Ralph Fane or Vane of Badsel Manor (d. 1552), English nobleman was executed at Tower Hill in 1552
Richard Ponsonby-Fane (1878–1937), a British academic, author, and Japanologist
Robert George Cecil Fane (1796–1864) British Judge
Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1785–1867), was an English noblewoman, the daughter of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland and Sarah Anne Child. Inherited a share in a bank
Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane (1824-1915), of Brymton, diplomat, cortier and cricketer
Sybil Fane, Countess of Westmorland (1871–1910), was a socialite and member of the British aristocracy
Sir Thomas Fane (d 1589) (d. 1589), MP, convicted of treason and involvement in the Wyatt's rebellion pardoned and married to Mary Neville, Baroness le Despencer daughter of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny. Father of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Sir Thomas Fane (Kent) (1626–1692), Member of Parliament for Maidstone
Thomas Fane (MP) (1760–1807), Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis
Vere Fane (MP) Tory MP for Petersfield and Lyme Regis
Sir Vere Bonamy Fane (1863–1924), General in the British Indian Army
Vere Fane Benett-Stanford (1840–1894), Conservative MP Shaftesbury
Violet Fane (1843–1905), a British novelist, poet and essayist of Victorian era
Walter Fane (1828–1885), a British general who raised Fane's Horse at Cawnpore in 1860
William Vere Reeve King-Fane of Fulbeck (1868–1943) OBE was a member of the Fane family, an English landowner, soldier and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire

disambiguation pages

Sir Francis Fane of Fulbeck disambiguation page
Henry Fane disambiguation page
John Fane disambiguation page
Thomas Fane disambiguation page
Vere Fane disambiguation page

English Viscount and Earls of Westmorland

Irish viscount

Viscount Fane (of Basildon in Berkshire; Loughgur in Limerick; Clare in Armagh, and parts of Devon)
Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane (1676–1744)
Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane (after 1708–1766)

Notes

^ Before the 18th century it was not unusual for the name Fane also to be spelt Vane—See for example Sir Ralph Fane of Badsel Manor, executed at Tower Hill 1552— and so it is not unusual for different modern sources to use different spellings for the same person prior to the 18th century.

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[1] Before the 18th century it was not unusual for the name Fane also to be spelt Vane—See for example Sir Ralph Fane of Badsel Manor, executed at Tower Hill 1552— and so it is not unusual for different modern sources to use different spellings for the same person prior to the 18th century.

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