Francis Fane of Spettisbury

Francis Fane (5 December 1752 10 November 1813) of Spettisbury, near Blandford, Dorset, was a British Member of Parliament.[1]

Life

Francis Fane was born on 5 December 1752, the third son of Henry Fane of Wormsley and his third wife Charlotte, daughter of Richard Luther of Miles, near Ongar in Essex. He was educated at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, graduating in 1768.[2]

He was Member of Parliament for the constituency of Lyme Regis from 11 June 1777 until 1780 and for Dorchester in the Parliaments of 1790, 1796, 1802, 1806.[1][3]

Family

Fane married Anne Cooke, who succeeded to her father's estates in Somerset and Dorset in 1777.[1] They had no children.

Notes

  1. Bindoff 1982, p. 412
  2. "Fane, Francis (FN768F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Collins & Brydges 1812, p. 303
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References

  • Bindoff, Stanley T.; et al. (1982). The House of Commons: 1509 - 1558 ; 3, Members N - Z. Volume 4. Boydell & Brewer, 1982. ISBN 0-436-30420-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Collins, Arthur; Brydges, Egerton (1812). Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. 3. F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Henry Fane
Hon. Henry Fane
Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis
1777–1780
With: Hon. Henry Fane
Succeeded by
David Robert Michel
Preceded by
Hon. George Damer
Hon. Cropley Ashley
Member of Parliament for Dorchester
1791–1800
With: Hon. George Damer 1790–1791
Hon. Cropley Ashley 1791–1800
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Dorchester
1801–1807
With: Hon. Cropley Ashley
Succeeded by
Hon. Cropley Ashley
Robert Williams


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