Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland

The Right Honourable The Earl of Westmorland KB DL
Coat of arms of Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland: Azure, three dexter gauntlets back affrontée or
Member of Parliament for Peterborough
In office 22 March 1671 – 24 January 1679
Monarch	Charles II
Preceded by	Sir Humphrey Orme
Succeeded by	The Lord FitzWilliam
Member of Parliament for Kent
In office March 1679 – March 1681 Serving with Sir Edward Dering
Monarch	Charles II
Preceded by	Sir Thomas Peyton
Succeeded by	Sir William Twysden
In office 1689 – 18 September 1691 Serving with Sir John Knatchbull
Monarch	Charles II
Preceded by	Sir William Twysden
Succeeded by	Sir Thomas Roberts
Lord Lieutenant of Kent
In office 1692–1693 Serving with The Viscount Sydney
Monarch	William III and Mary II
Preceded by	The Viscount Sydney
Succeeded by	The Viscount Sydney
Personal details
Born	Vere Fane (1644-02-13)13 February 1644 Lamport Hall, Lamport, Buckinghamshire
Died	29 December 1693(1693-12-29) (aged 49)
Nationality	English
Spouse(s)	Rachel Bence (1671–1693)
Relations	Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland (brother)
Children	Vere Fane Thomas Fane John Fane Mildmay Fane
Parents	Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland Grace Thornhurst
Awards	Knight of the Bath

Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland KB DL (13 February 1645 – 29 December 1693), styled The Honourable Vere Fane from 1644 to 1661 and Sir Vere Fane from 1661 to 1691, was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Peterborough and twice for Kent.

Vere Fane was born on 13 February 1645 in Lamport Hall, Lamport, Buckinghamshire as the second son of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland and his wife Mary Vere; he was the younger half-brother of Charles Fane. As Charles died without issue in 1691, Vere inherited the Earldom of Westmorland. On 13 July 1671, Fane married Rachel Bence, daughter of John Bence and Judith Andrews, at Allhallows', London. The couple had eleven children:

Fane died on 29 December 1693, probably from complications that arose from diabetes. His oldest surviving son Vere inherited his father's earldom and further titles, but died without issue before reaching the age of 20.

As was common in his family (his grandfather Francis, his father Mildmay and his older brother Charles had been Members of Parliament before they became earl; his sons John and Mildmay would do so as well), Vere Fane served as a Member of Parliament. From 1671 to 1671, he was Member of Parliament for Peterborough; the year his Kent office ended, he became Member of Parliament for Kent, an office which he held until 1681. From 1689 to 1691, he was again Member of Parliament for Kent. He was classed as a Whig, but it seems that he was not particularly active. At the coronation of King Charles II on 23 April 1661, he was invested as a Knight of the Bath.