Background
Fane was the son of Henry Fane (a younger brother of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland). His mother was Charlotte, daughter of Richard Luther, of Miles near Ongar in Essex.
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Career
He was also a magistrate and president of the Oxfordshire Agricultural Society. Fane was returned to Parliament for Oxfordshire in 1790, 1796, 1802, 1806, 1807, 1812, 1818, and 1820. He was created Doctorate.C.L. Oxford 28 June 1797.
Appointed Major of the Oxfordshire Militia on 4 June 1803, but not so in 1807, and Lieutenant Colonel Commandant 2nd Oxfordshire (Local) Militia 24 April 1809.
Fane was a Tory independent who supported the government Ministers when they did things he perceived to be in the national interest, but was opposed to government patronage grants and pensions to its own supporters, and he never sought or obtained, a place or pension for himself or his family. He managed his estates prudently, and did not spend money on vices or foreign travel and except when called to London by his Parliamentary duties, stayed his own country-seat amongst his tenantry.
He was upright, and inflexibly impartial when exercising his magisterial duties at the Assizes and the Sessions. Fane married Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield, in 1773.
He died in February 1824, aged 73.
Children:
Elizabeth Sarah
Charlotte
Georgiana (d 15 June 1864), wife to J. West. Henley. Augusta
John Fane (9 July 1775 – 4 October 1850)
Rear-Admiral Francis William Fane (1778–1844).
Membership
1st United Kingdom Parliament. 2nd United Kingdom Parliament. 3rd United Kingdom Parliament.
4th United Kingdom Parliament.
5th United Kingdom Parliament. 6th United Kingdom Parliament.
7th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th Parliament of Great Britain.
