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2 unusual facts about Henry Fane of Brympton


Henry Fane

Henry Fane of Brympton (1669–1726), a great-grandson of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland and father of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland.

Henry Fane of Brympton

Henry Fane (1669–1726) of Brympton, Somerset was a great-grandson of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland and father of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland.


Henry Fane of Wormsley

Henry Fane was the grandson of Francis Fane, a Restoration dramatist, and son of Henry Fane (1669–1726) of Brympton and Anne, sister and coheir of John Scrope of Wormsley.

Wormsley Park

The house and estate was passed to his grandson John Scrope a baron of the Exchequer and as Scrope died without issue, his estate of Wormsley passed to the descendants of his sister Anne (died 1720), who had married Henry Fane of Brympton.


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