Background
Styled Lord Burghersh from birth, he was the eldest son of Vere Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland, by the Honourable Diana, daughter of Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale.
Styled Lord Burghersh from birth, he was the eldest son of Vere Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland, by the Honourable Diana, daughter of Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale.
He was educated at Eton.
He fought in the Second World War as a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards and was wounded. In 1948 he succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father. He was a Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II between 1955 and 1978 and again between 1990 and 1993 and served as Master of the Horse from 1978 to 1991.
The latter year he was also appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Lord Westmorland married Jane Barbara Findlay, daughter of Sir Roland Findlay, 3rd Baronet, on 20 June 1950. They had three children:
Anthony David Francis Henry Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland (b 1 August 1951)
Honorary
Harry Saint Clair Fane (b 19 March 1953)
Lady Camilla Diana Fane (b 26 December 1957).