Background
Fane was the second son of Sir Thomas Fane of Badsell in Kent, by his second wife, Mary Neville daughter of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny and his wife, the former Lady Frances Manners.
Fane was the second son of Sir Thomas Fane of Badsell in Kent, by his second wife, Mary Neville daughter of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny and his wife, the former Lady Frances Manners.
He was matriculated from Queens" College, Cambridge in 1595 and admitted at Lincoln"s Inn on 19 November 1597. He was knighted on 23 July 1603 at the coronation of King James I. In 1604 he was elected Member of Parliament for Sandwich and in 1614 Member of Parliament for Dover again. He was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in 1621.
In 1624 he was elected Member of Parliament for Maidstone and was elected again in 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
In April 1640 Fane was elected again as Member of Parliament for Maidstone in the Short Parliament. Fane died at the age of 59
Elizabeth died in 1618 and was buried on 19 November 1618 in Street Nicholas’ chapel in Westminster Abbey where there is a large and elaborate monument of alabaster and marble.
Fane"s second wife was Anne Boteler, by whom he had six children.
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In 1601, Fane was elected Member of Parliament for Dover.