Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland KB Doctor of Laws, styled The Honourable Vere Fane from 1644 to 1661 and Sir Vere Fane from 1661 to 1691, was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Peterborough and twice for Kent.
Background
Vere Fane was born on 13 February 1645 in Lamport Hall, Lamport, Buckinghamshire as the second son of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland and his wife Mary Vere. He was the younger half-brother of Charles Fane. On 13 July 1671, Fane married Rachel Bence, daughter of John Bence and Judith Andrews, at Allhallows", London.
Career
As Charles died without issue in 1691, Vere inherited the Earldom of Westmorland. The couple had eleven children:
Lady Rachel Fane
Lady Catherine Fane (whose great-grandson would become the 12th Lord le Despencer). One of their co-heiress daughters married Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet.
Lady Elizabeth Fane
Lady Susan Fane
Lady Rachel Fane
Lady Mary Dashwood, mother to Francis Dashwood, who inherited the Le Despencer barony upon the death of John Fane
John Fane (died in infancy)
Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland (1678-1698)
Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland (1681-1736)
John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland (1686-1762)
The Honourable Mildmay Fane (1689-1715)
Fane died on 29 December 1693, probably from complications that arose from diabetes.
His oldest surviving son Vere inherited his father"s earldom and further titles, but died without issue before reaching the age of 20. He was classed as a Whig, but it seems that he was not particularly active.
At the coronation of King Charles II on 23 April 1661, he was invested as a Knight of the Bath.
Membership
Cavalier Parliament. Exclusion Bill Parliament. Habeas Corpus Parliament]
From 1671 to 1671, he was Member of Parliament for Peterborough.
The year his Kent office ended, he became Member of Parliament for Kent, an office which he held until 1681. From 1689 to 1691, he was again Member of Parliament for Kent.