Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland

The Earl of Westmorland
Member of Parliament for Peterborough
In office
1621–1624
Serving with Walter FitzWilliam
MonarchJames I
Preceded byEdward Wymarke
Sir William Walter
Succeeded bySir Francis Fane
Laurence Whitaker
In office
1626–1629
Serving with Laurence Whitaker
MonarchCharles I
Preceded byLaurence Whitaker
Sir Christopher Hatton
Succeeded byNone (parliament suspended until 1640)
Member of Parliament for Kent
In office
1625–1625
Serving with Sir Albert Moreton
MonarchCharles I
Preceded bySir Nicholas Tufton
Sir Edwin Sandys
Succeeded bySir Edward Hales
Sir Edward Scot
Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
In office
1660–1666
Serving with The Earl of Exeter
MonarchCharles II
Preceded byNone (English Interregnum)
Succeeded byThe Earl of Exeter
The Earl of Peterborough
Personal details
Born
Mildmay Fane

(1602-01-24)24 January 1602
Mereworth, Kent, England
Died12 February 1666(1666-02-12) (aged 64)
Spouse(s)Grace Thornhurst (1620–36)
Mary Vere (1638–66)
ChildrenWith Grace Thornhurst
Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
With Mary Vere
Lady Mary Fane
Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland
Rachael Fane
Catherine Fane
Susan Fane
Elizabeth Fane
Parent(s)Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Mary Mildmay
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
OccupationPolitician, writer
AwardsKnight of the Bath

Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland KB (24 January 1602 – 12 February 1666), styled Lord le Despenser between 1624 and 1628,[1] was an English nobleman, politician and writer.[2]

  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Vol. III (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 4134.
  2. ^ Gerald W. Morton, A Biography of Mildmay Fane, Second Earl of Westmorland 1601–66: The Unknown Cavalier, Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter, Edwin Mellen, 1991.