Lord Fairfax of Cameron
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Lord Fairfax of Cameron is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Despite holding a Scottish peerage, the Lords Fairfax of Cameron are members of an ancient Yorkshire family, of which the Fairfax baronet
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax
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Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an English army officer and politician who commanded the New Model Army from 1645 to 1650 during the English Civil War. Because of his dark hair, he was
Lord Fairfax of Cameron
…and also sat as a Member of Parliament for several constituencies in the English Parliament. Both his son Ferdinando, the second Lord, and grandson, Thomas, the third Lord, served as prominent military commanders in the cause of Parliament during the Civil War. On the latter's death in 1671 the title passed to his first…
The Most Excellent Thomas Fairfax, Captin Generall of the Armyes etc, etching, 1640s. National Portrait Gallery, London
Gold medal depicting Thomas Fairfax in profile, 1645. National Portrait Gallery, London
Doublet worn by Fairfax at the Battle of Maidstone in 1648