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Francis Fauquier was the eldest son of Dr. John Francis Fauquier, a director of the Bank of England, and Elizabeth Chamberlayne.
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lieutenant-governor of Virginia
Francis Fauquier was the eldest son of Dr. John Francis Fauquier, a director of the Bank of England, and Elizabeth Chamberlayne.
He was a director of the South Sea Company in 1751, and was elected on February 15, 1753, a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1756, early in the Seven Years’ War, he published An Essay on Ways and Means of Raising Money for the Support of the Present War without Increasing the Public Debts, of which there were three editions. In January 1758, he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Virginia. He was in fact governor, as the governor-in-chief (Earl of Loudoun, 1756-63; Sir Jeffrey Amherst, 1763-68) had no share in the administration of the government of the colony. Fauquier assumed the duties of the governorship of Virginia when the colony was in the midst of the French and Indian War, and worked harmoniously with Washington and the legislature of the colony to bring that conflict to a successful end. He foresaw in the tendencies of his time signs of independence, and warned Pitt in 1760 that if Great Britain should continue her oppressive policy and impose additional taxation, the colonies would certainly offer resistance. From the very beginning of his administration he endeavored to carry out his instructions, in such a way as not to interfere with a practical, peaceful conduct of the affairs of the government. He was explicitly instructed to prevent the speaker of the House of Burgesses from serving any longer as treasurer of the colony. Upon his arrival, instead of attempting to execute this instruction, which would have caused a conflict and which also would have deprived him of a useful and influential man, he frankly agreed with him that they would work together for the best interests of the colony, and so informed the British Board of Trade. His relations with the burgesses were on the whole amicable, for he was clever enough to know when to grant their requests. The House, on the other hand, also desired harmony, and in its relations with the executive, endeavored to accomplish its ends without open conflict. He did not hesitate to exercise his power over that body when he thought that his position demanded it. In 1765, for example, he dissolved the House for passing the resolution against the Stamp Act, introduced by Patrick Henry. This action, even at so critical a period, seemed not to render him especially obnoxious to the colonists. Under his predecessor the House of Burgesses had assumed much power in directing military affairs, yet Fauquier was not interfered with in such matters. The death of Fauquier on March 3, 1768, at Williamsburg, after ten years of service, deprived the colony of a governor who appreciated conditions there and so administered the government that even during a most critical period the colonists raised no complaint against him but always considered him a friend. A county in Virginia bears his name.
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He was a fellow of the Royal Society.
He himself married Catharine, the daughter of Sir Charles Dalston.