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FANE, FRANCIS WILLIAM HENRY, 12TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, third son of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland PC GCB, Gen. in the Army, diplomat, and Lady Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole, artist, dau. of William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington PC; grandson of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); b. 19 Nov 1825; adm. (G) 18 Sep 1837; Ensign, 18th Foot 24 Feb 1843; Lieut., 74th Foot 26 Jul 1844; Capt., 25th Foot 1 Aug 1848; served in Sikh War and present at battle of Gujerat 21 Feb 1849; Brevet Maj., 7 Jun 1849; half-pay 22 Apr 1853; Lieut. -Col., unattached, 20 Sep 1854; ADC to Lord Raglan (qv) in Crimean War; half-pay 12 Dec 1854; CB 10 Jul 1855; ret. as Col., 11 Jan 1860; succ. father as 12th Earl of Westmorland 16 Oct 1859; of Apethorpe Hall, Northants.; JP (1861) Northamptonshire, also DL; a prominent racehorse owner, but never won any of the great races for three-year olds; m. 16 Jul 1857 Lady Adelaide Ida Curzon, second dau. of Richard Curzon, 1st Earl Howe PC GCH, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide; d. 3 Aug 1891. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.