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 300 FAIRFAX. further part with the "Independents"^) against the King ami resigned hi.-j Command, 25 June 1650. He was, M.P. fur Cirencester, 1649 and was in the Council of State,( l >) was made D.C.L., of Cambridge, 1617, and of Oxford, 19 May 1649.( c ) Lord of the isle of Man. 1650. In Richard Cromwell's Pari., 1660 (as also sub- sequently), he was M.P. for Yorkshire, and sat in the interim Council of State, 3 March 1060, favouring the Restoration. He m. 20 June 1637, Anna, 4th da. and coheir of Horatio (Veue), Baron Verk ok Tilbury, by Mary, da. of Sir William Tracy. She d. 16 Oct.- 1665 and was bur. in Bilbrough church, co. York. He </. a.p.m.,(' 1 ) 12 Nov. 1671, in his COth year, at Nun Appletoo and was bur. at Bilbrough afsd. M.I. IV. 1G71. 4. Henry (Fairfax), Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S.], nephew and h. male, being 2d but lstsurv. ». and h. of Hon. the Rev. Henry Fairfax, Rector of Bolton Percy, co. York (16J6 C0), by Mary, da. of Sir Henry Cllor.MLEY, of Whitby, co. Yolk, which Henry was 2d s. of the first Lord ami d. 6 April 1665, aged 77. He was b. 20 Dec. 1631, at Ashton under Line, was M.P. for co. York, 167S-S8. He m. Fi ances, da. of Sir Robert ToLSTON, of Barwiek, co. York, Recorder of York, by Ursula, da. of Walter Strickland. She d. 14 and was liir. IS Feb. 16S4, at Denton. He was bur. 16 April 16SS, at Denton afsd. Admon. 28 April 16S8, at York. V. 1GS8. 5. Thomas (Fairfax), Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S.]i s. and h., J. 16 Feb. 1657, at Bolton Percy ; matric. at Oxford (Mag. Coll.), 10 Nov. 1675, aged 18 ; M.P. for co. York, 1688 till 1707, when, under the act of Union, he was ineligible ; was one of nobility in arms for the Prince of Orange in 16SS( e ) in support of the revolution ; Lieut.-Col. of the 3d Horse Guards, Dec. 1689 ; of the 3d Dragoons, 1691 becoming-, in 1 701, Brig. Gen. in the army. He m. about 1685, C vtharine, only da. and h. of Thomas (CoLEPErEB), 2d Baron Colkfepeu of Thores- way, Gov. of Virginia (1675-82), by Margaret, da. and coheir of Jean Van. Hesse, Signeur de Terse-hill and Wena, in Holland. He (/. 6 Jan. 1709/10, and was tor. the 10th at St. Martins in the fields, Midx. His will pr. June 1711. His widow, who inherited Leeds Castle, &c., co. Kent, besides 300,000 acres in the Shenandoah valley, in Virginia, d. 1719, and was bin: (with her parents) at Brooiufield, Kent. Will dat. 21 April and pr. 23 Juue 1719. VI. 1710. G. Thomas (Fairfax), Lord Fairfax of Cameron [&1 a. and h., b. 1692 at Denton afsd. ; matric. at Oxford (Oriel), 21 Jany. 1709/10; was sometime an officer in the Horse Guards. He sold, shortly after coming of age, Denton Hall and all the Yorkshire estates, the last sale being made in 1716. About 1739 he visited his American estates, where, in 1717, b* finally settled, being Lieut, of Frederick-county. Ho built a magnificent house called Greenway Court, near Winchester, in Virginia, where he d. mini. 12 March 1782, aged 90, being bur. at Winchester afsd. (") It is to be observed that "if any man deserved to be excepted [from pardon as a traitor] no man deserved it more than himself, who being General of the army [at the time of Charles the first's trial and execution] and having power sufficient to prevent the proceedings against the King had not thouijht fit to mate use of it to that end." These words he is represented as saying openly as to himself. See Stephen's "Nat. Biog." ( b ) The Council of State of 1619, was 38 in Dumber. They were to give all military and naval orders ; to digest all business before it was introduced to Pari., &c. Six Peers were included therein, viz., the Earls of Denbigh, Mulgrave, Pembroke and Salisbury, the Lord Grey and Lord Fairfax [SJ. (°) So many of Fairfax's officers received Honorary degrees on this occasion that this was termed the Fuirfaxian creation. See Stephen's "Mat, Biogr." ( d ) Mary, his only surv. da. and h., b. 30 July 1638, m. 15 Sep. 1657, George (Villiers) the well-known Duke of Buckingham and d. his widow, and s.p., 20 Oct. 1701. (*■') See a list of these, vol. i, p. 29, note " b," sub "Abingdon,"