Background
The younger son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, he was a Clerk to Her Majesty Treasury from 7 December 1757 until 29 August 1763, but was described as "very idle and careless and spending much time in the country".
The younger son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, he was a Clerk to Her Majesty Treasury from 7 December 1757 until 29 August 1763, but was described as "very idle and careless and spending much time in the country".
In January 1772 he became Keeper of the King"s Private Roads, Gates and Bridges. The family also represented constituencies in Somerset, Lincolnshire, Kent, Hampshire, Northampshire and Dorset. Fane"s father gave him Fulbeck Hall in 1783.
On 12 January 1778 Fane married Anne (d 19 January 1838), the daughter of Edward Buckley Batson, a banker.
The couple had 14 children:
General Sir Henry Fane Member of Parliament (1778–1840)
Anne Fane (19 January 1780 – March 1831), married Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fane (14 May 1781 – July 1813) Killed in action at Vittoria
Elizabeth Fane (1782 – 28 January 1802)
Vere Fane (5 January 1785 – 18 January 1863), Member of Parliament
Frances Mary Fane (d 28 June 1787)
Lieutenant
Neville Fane, Registered Nurse (16 January 1788 – 24 November 1807), died of yellow fever in Bridgetown
William Fane (5 April 1789 – 7 March 1839), married Louisa Hay Dashwood and had issue
Caroline Fane (28 December 1790 – 1859), married Charles Chaplin Member of Parliament
George Augustus Fane (16 March 1792 – 1 March 1795)
General Mildmay Fane (September 1794 – 12 March 1868)
Harriet Fane (1793–1834), married Charles Arbuthnot Member of Parliament
Robert George Cecil Fane (1796–1864)
Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet.
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He followed a long line of Fanes as Members of Parliament for Lyme Regis the family"s rotten borough, inherited from John Scrope which at times provided the Fanes with up to two members of parliament at the same time. Between 1753 and 1832 twelve different members of the family represented Lyme Regis in the Tory interest.