Henry Fane (politician)

Henry Fane, (4 May 1739 – 4 June 1802) MP for Lyme Regis 1772–1802.

The younger son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, he was a Clerk to HM Treasury from 7 December 1757 until 29 August 1763, but was described as "very idle and careless and spending much time in the country".

In January 1772 he became Keeper of the King's Private Roads, Gates and Bridges. He followed a long line of Fanes as Members of Parliament for Lyme Regis the family's pocket borough, inherited from John Scrope which at times provided the Fanes with up to two members of parliament at the same time. Between 1753 and 1832 twelve different members of the family represented Lyme Regis in the Tory interest. The family also represented constituencies in Somerset, Lincolnshire, Kent, Hampshire, Northampshire and Dorset.

Fane's father gave him Fulbeck Hall in 1783. In 1784 Fane and his wife occupied Fulbeck and enlarged and refurnished it, adding a new north wing.

On 12 January 1778 Fane married Anne (d. 19 January 1838), the daughter of Edward Buckley Batson, a banker. The couple had 14 children:

Fane also had a natural child before his marriage:

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