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Francis Fane

Profile & Legacies Summary

5th Dec 1752 - 10th Nov 1813

Biography

Francis Fane, MP for Lyme Regis 1777-1780 and Dorchester 1790-1807. "His only known utterance at Westminster was to move the discharge of the sheriffs of London from Newgate with a reprimand, 10 May 1805." Trustee of his kinsman Charles Blair for East and West Prospect estates in Jamaica from 1802.


Sources

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/fane-francis-1752-1813 [accessed 12/01/2015]. See separate entry for Charles Blair senior.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Ann Cooke
Children
d.s.p.
Occupation
Politician

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1802 [SY] - 1813 [EY] → Trustee and Executor
East Prospect Estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1802 [SY] - 1813 [EY] → Trustee and Executor
West Prospect Estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]

Legacies Summary

Political (1)

MP
 
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Lyme Regis Dorset
1777 - 1780
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Dorchester Dorset
1790 - 1807

Addresses (2)

Spetisbury, Dorset, Wessex, England
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Studland, Dorset, Wessex, England
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