Henry Fane (died 1706)


Sir Henry Fane KB, JP was the only son and heir of George Fane of Hatton Garden, by his wife Dorothy daughter and heir of James Horsey of Honnington, Warwickshire.
His aunt, Rachel, Countess Dowager of Bath, purchased for him the estate of Basildon House in Berkshire in 1656 and secured him his KB at the coronation of Charles II on 23 April 1661. He was confirmed in her Irish estates on his marriage in 1668, by which time she was also his guardian. These lands, the Bourchier estate, comprised the manors of Lough Gur and Glenogra in county Limerick and of Clare in county Armagh.
Fane was returned as Whig Member of Parliament for Reading in 1689, 1690 and 1695. Other awards and posts included:
In May 1690 he was granted a valuable lease of land at the end of Duke street adjoining St. James's Park. It measured 25 by 800 ft.
He married, licence dated 28 April 1668, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Thomas Southcott of Exeter, the younger son of Richard Southcott, of Calwoodley, near Tiverton, Devon.
She was heir of her nephew George Southcott of Calwoodley. The property at Calverleigh, Bampton and Templeton was sold after 1749 and 1767 having been dis-entailed by act of Parliament. His mother Dorothy married thirdly Edward Wray of Barlings in Lincolnshire. In 1694 their daughter passed the estate of Barlings to her half-brother Sir Henry.
Fane's widow, Dame Elizabeth, having stayed at Mrs. Kitcnohams in Greek Street in 1708, lived in Frith Street in 1709, and in 1713–1723 she was at no. 19 Soho Square.
His eldest son Henry Bourchier Fane was killed in a duel by Elizeus Burges, who later was British Resident in Venice. The second son, his heir, Charles was created Viscount Fane. The third son George was a Captain in the Royal Navy and died a commander of in the harbour of New York. Another son Henry was one of the nominees for the first British tontine of 1693. There was a fifth son, Thomas.