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William Vere Reeve King-Fane

William Dashwood Fane was the son of Willam Fane of Calcutta and Cape Town and grandson of the Hon Henry Fane of Fulbeck Hall.


Anthony Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland

Fane was born at Curzon House, 8 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London, the second and youngest son of Francis Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland and Lady Adelaide Ida, daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe.

Chelgate

It was also unusually visible during the negotiations between the Duke of Sutherland and the National Galleries of Scotland over the £100 million sale of two Titians on loan to the Galleries, with Terence Fane-Saunders acting as spokesman for the Duke.

David Fane

Several days after a hoax resignation was circulated to media outlets, Fane apologised to the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) and New Zealand Jewish Council.

Edward Chandos Leigh

He died, in the same year as W. G. Grace and his good friend Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, of a broken heart mourning the loss of his two sons and the end of the golden age of cricket.

Fane of Shadows

As seen in Paul S. Kemp's book, Twilight Falling, Erevis Cale is on a mission to stop the shadow adept, Vraggen, from taking the greatest gift from the Fane of Shadows and transforming into a shade.

George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland

He had also an illegittimate son with Julia Fane, wife of Robert Monckton; their son was the 1st Viscount Galway.

Gerry Weigall

Born in Wimbledon, Weigall was the son of a Victorian artist Henry Weigall (best known for his portrait of Disraeli in 1878–1879) and his wife Lady Rose Fane, daughter of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland.

Henry Fane

Sir Henry Fane, MP (1650–1706) only son and heir of George Fane (1616-1663) and a grandson of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland.

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 Hamlyn-Fane (1817–1868), MP for South Hampshire 1865–1868, grandson of the above

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.

Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny

Lady Fane claimed the barony of Abergavenny against Edward Nevill, the heir male upon whom the castle of Bergavenny was settled as aforesaid, and as a compromise, she was by letters patent, 25 May 1604, confirmed in the name, style, and dignity of Baroness le Despencer, to the heirs of her body, with the ancient seat, place, and precedence of her ancestors.

Hobson's choice

In The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham, Kitty Fane is described by Charles Townsend as facing Hobson's choice after she is given an ultimatum by her husband Walter to either accompany him to cholera-infested Mei-Tan-Fu, or convince her lover Townsend to divorce his wife Dorothy so he can marry Kitty, which Walter knows in hindsight is unlikely because the divorce will ruin Townsend's chances of political advancement.

I Zingari

Spencer Ponsonby (later Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane) and Richard Penruddocke Long, who were dining at the Blenheim Hotel in London's Bond Street after a match against Harrow School.

Joe Bar Team

The original idea was created by Bar2 (Christian Debarre) and carried on by Fane (Stéphane Deteindre) who also introduced three new younger characters.

John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland

General John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland GCB, GCH, PC (2 February 1784 – 16 October 1859), styled Lord Burghersh until 1841, was a British soldier, politician, diplomat and musician.

Lady Mary Fane

Lady Mary Fane (1639–1681) was the daughter of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland who succeeded to the title in 1628 and died in 1666, and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, and widow of Sir Roger Townshend.

Sarah Fane, Countess of Westmorland

Sarah Fane, Countess of Westmorland (née Sarah Anne Child; 28 August 1764 – 9 November 1793) was the only child of Robert Child, the owner of Osterley Park and principal shareholder in the banking firm Child & Co.

Vivian Grey

The British poet Mary Montgomerie Lamb took her pen name 'Violet Fane' from a character in this novel.


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