Education
Fairfax, educated at Eton and Downing College, Cambridge (Bachelor of Laws in International Law), is a barrister and was called to the Bar following becoming a member of Gray"s Inn (1977).
Fairfax, educated at Eton and Downing College, Cambridge (Bachelor of Laws in International Law), is a barrister and was called to the Bar following becoming a member of Gray"s Inn (1977).
Lord Fairfax"s directorships of several companies are as follows: Thomas Miller P and I, and Thomas Miller Defence, 1987-1990. Sedgwick Marine & Cargo Limited, 1995-1996. British-Georgian Society
Limited, 2006.
Sovcomflot (United Kingdom) Limited, since 2005. Sovcomflot, 2007. He is Patron of AMUR Tiger and Leopard Charity, 2006. He is a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Shipwrights" Company.
In November 2015, he was elected to return to the House at a Conservative hereditary peers" by-election, following the death of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.
He was a member of the House of Lords first from 1977 to 1999.