Henry Fane of Wormsley
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Henry Fane, of Wormsley near Watlington, Oxfordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1757 to 1777.
Portrait of Henry Fane by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1750
Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland was an English politician and peer. He was an ancestor of the writer George Orwell.
Henry Fane of Wormsley
…the family's pocket borough, inherited from John Scrope. At times this provided the Fanes with up to two MPs at the same time. Fane's two brothers Thomas and Francis represented Lyme Regis in Parliament. Following the death of Francis, Fane was returned unopposed as MP for Lyme Regis at a by-election on…
Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland by Joshua Reynolds
Wormsley Park, Buckinghamshire
Brympton D'Evercy House, Somerset