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He remained at the palace threeer four days and during that time hisbehavior was courteous polite and be-

coming a roan of fashionLen Fairfax retired to America in

1748 He found settled in Virginia hiscousin William Fairfax who became hisagent whose son eventuallye Mle him as the eighth lord

For time he at BeJveirtie house of his cousin the banksof Potomac

Ware he mad the aeqtMiintanae of theWashington family He was at Belvoirwhen Lawrence Washington the elderbrother of George nwrriwl Anne Fair-fax find went ta live wfth hejr on th-

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the futuro President was a ladof fifteen visiting Belvoir frequentlyhis lordship never an opperrtunity to advance his fortune

Through the influence of WilliamFairfax George Wtushinpton came nearbeing sailor man A commission wasobtained for him in the British navybut his mother would not to hisgoing for several persons told her itwas bad scheme Net long afterthis Washingtons uncle Joseph Palresiding in BngUnd wrate t hismother I understand that OM readvised and have some thoughts ofputting your son to sea I think He

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lawed nor any attachment lie against his personis exempt from sewing 35 a juror and must be tried in case

of felony or treason by his He gives evidence not on oathbut on his honor jjj

He would be tried by a special court In Westminster Hall whichis removed after each trial and is privileged wear his hat in a 4court of justice j

HnttI M nMH H a0NATIVE born American has become a nobleman of Scotland andthe orest of the Hojp of Fairfax has been transported from

to Wostminttcr Albert Kirby Lord Fairfax andBaron Cameron late of New York has assumed the responsi-

bilities of his high position and returned to the land of his forefathersJust what tho debt of America is to the Ifairfax family will always

remain a matter of debate It is maintained that George Washingtongot his fine ideas his aristocratic training education at the handsof the Fairfax family who lived at Belvoir across the river from his j

stepbrothers home Mount VernonWashington was intimate with the family throughout his life writ

ing affectionate letters to Lord Thomas Fairfax from the battlefields ofthe Revolution though the old lord remained Tory to the last and diedof the shock received on hearing of the defeat of Cornwallis

The romance attached to the Fairfax family is unusual The peeragedates back to 1627 and the present Lord Fairfax is the twelfth BaronHe is a descendant of Thomas Fairfax son of Sir Thomas Fairfax ofDnnton and Run Appleton knighted before Rouen 1504 createdBaron Cameron 1827 The second Baron was the Parliamentary generalof tie Northern forces also M F for Yorkthtxe He held chief com j

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The present bearer of the title is the first 1p ftpeume it for niorethan one hundred years He was commanded Edward to attendthe coronation and obeyed with alacrity He hag remained in Londonever sine

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The Northern Neck comprise someS760000 acres the land lyin betweenthe Potomac and Rappahannock includ-ing the Shenandoah Valley SI

The sixth Lord Fairfax said to havebeen a man ambitious of Hewas Intimate with Lord BollngbrokeAddison Steele and had a commis-sion in the Bluet a very prominent

of the dayHa was engaged to ho married to a

lady ef rank and the contract wassqually drawn up when tho lady jiltedmm and left ta nurse his woundedamour prop en his American estatesRecently the marriage contract withthe ladys name carefully erased Impbeen found among some old familypapers

In speaking of Lord Fairfax Archdeacon Burnaby said

Bartjr Ute he had formed an at-tachment to a young lady of qualityand matters Had proceeded so far as toindues him to provide carriages clothesperverts and the necessary appendagesfor such an occasion Unfortunately-or rather Jet me say fortunately beforethe contract a more advantageous offer was made to the lady andshe preferred the higher honor of beinga ducheee to the Inferior station of abaroness

This disappointment is thought tohave made a deep impression on LordFairfaxs mind and to have noiMisiderabla share in determining him

to retire frem the world and to settlein the wild and at that time almost uninhabited forests of North America-

It ie thought te have oxolted In himH general dislike of the sex iniomi ny unless he was nartieularly ae-

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In 1748 Lord Fairfax employed GeorgeWashington and George Willam Fairfax son of William Fairfax as surveyera They worked fer A month in theupper part of the Northern Neck oVirginia In a jeuenal which he kept ofthir tour Washington states under dateof April 1743 Mr Fairfax got safehorns t6 my brothers housewhich concludes my journal

Shortly after his arrival In VirginiaLord Fairfax erected Greenway Courtapd Hastings where he resided tothe end days more than fiftyyears in a state of barental hospitalityIlls dress always simple and hisnvintiers modest and unaffected

Ills generosity was such that he gavehis English estatas to his brother

and distributed the surplus incomefrom his American ostatate among hisBe rer neighbors

His greatest amusement was huntingand after the chase the whole field wasinvited to partake of his hospltdlity

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Winchester Va for years ontertainlnelaborately during the courts sessions

Lord Fairfax died in 17S2 his 32ndyear at Greenway Court and Is buriedat Winchester He bequeathed Greenway Court to his nephew Colonel Mar-tin and his barony descended hisonly surviving brother Robert Patrfito whom he need previously consigned

Clements R Markham in writing ofthe death of the old gentleman says

Lord Fairfax was a stanah Loyalistsews of the surrender Of Cornwallreached Greenway Court and the agedHeblaman te his bed The downfall of the British cause wrought byGeorge Washington the man he hadtrained and molded was his death-blow

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In 1788 Rev Bryan Fairfax vioito iEngland and proceedings were insti-tuted tp determine the validity of histitles as Baron of Cameron He re-

turned to in 178ft in time toof the sincerest mourners at ii

funeral qf his lifelong apt neig-ber George Washington

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Washington did not iftget his friendbut says To the Reverend now BryanLord Fairfax I give a Btblt in thnlarge folio volumes with nous prsfnt d to me by the Right RThomas Wllen Btohop of Sudor anMan

On flay S 10M Lord Wulfiiighamade a report ta the Howe offrom the committee appointed to cueider the petition Of the Rev BrjLord Fairfax to His Majesty ciiimi n

the title and dignity ef LordCameron

After which it wa resolved andjudged by the lords spiritual and ten

in Parliament u erabled that tJClaimant the Reverend Bryan Fairfaxhath made out his claim to the title ajdignity of Lerd Fairfax Cameron

Mr Fairfax sever assumed the tUHin 1882 died at Mont Eagle near Al-

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retirement and orient VuuclustFairfax County Va

His Charles Sm vd n the tentLord Fairfax held th office of dens

tbA Supreme Court of California muwas elected Speaker of the HouseDelegates of California In last

On hi death his brother John ContFairfax M D became the fievtr

He was a practicing physicianof Southern Maryland He died in u-

a Northampton MdAlbert Klrhy Fmjrfax inherited th

titles and IMS wwecpe tedly assumethem He was employed tor soma yearby Brown Brothers in Wall street IV

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Edward he west t Leadon and tookpart in the eeremenlsf At presentis manager of the London branch of tjInternational Banking CorporationWall street

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