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British-born customs official, planter and politician
William Fairfax (1691 – 1757) was a British-born customs official, judge, planter and politician who spent much of his life in the colony of Virginia
William_Fairfax
Planter in colonial Virginia
George William Fairfax (January 2, 1724 – April 3, 1787) was an American planter in colonial Virginia who represented then-vast Frederick County and later
George_William_Fairfax
Topics referred to by the same term
William Fairfax (1691–1757) was the builder of the Belvoir estate and plantation. William Fairfax may also refer to: William Fairfax (died 1514), Justice
William Fairfax (disambiguation)
William_Fairfax_(disambiguation)
British Royal Navy officer (1739–1813)
Sir William George Fairfax (8 March 1739 – 7 November 1813) was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and the progenitor of the Fairfax Baronets. His most notable
William_George_Fairfax
English gentry in Colonial Virginia
Sarah Cary Fairfax (1730 – November 2, 1811) was the wife of George William Fairfax (1724–1787), a prominent member of the landed gentry of late Colonial
Sally_Fairfax
British-born planter
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (22 October 1693 – 9 December 1781) was a Anglo-American peer and planter. The only member of the British
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas_Fairfax,_6th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
County in Virginia, United States
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the state of Virginia, United States. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census
Fairfax_County,_Virginia
American and Texas lawyer
William Fairfax Gray (November 3, 1787 – 1841) was a lawyer and land agent in the United States and in the Republic of Texas. Gray was born on November
William_Fairfax_Gray
English army officer and politician (1612–1671)
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 1612 – 12 November 1671) was an English army officer and politician who commanded the New Model
Thomas_Fairfax
Australian newspaper owner and politician
Australia. Fairfax was born in Barford, Warwickshire, the second son of William Fairfax and his wife, Elizabeth née Jesson. William Fairfax at the time
John_Fairfax
2026 film by Jon Erwin
William Franklyn-Miller as George Washington Ben Kingsley as Robert Dinwiddie Andy Serkis as Edward Braddock Joel Smallbone as George William Fairfax
Young_Washington
Name list
Surname: Alan Fairfax (1906–1955), Australian cricketer Betty Fairfax (1918–2010), American educator, counselor, and philanthropist Cerina Fairfax (1977–2026)
Fairfax_(name)
English army officer, diplomat and politician (1560–1640)
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron (c. 1560 – 1 May 1640) was an English army officer, diplomat and politician. Thomas Fairfax was the eldest
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas_Fairfax,_1st_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
English politician
Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (30 December 1631 – 13 April 1688) was an English politician. He was the grandson of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord
Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Henry_Fairfax,_4th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
British police officer
Frederick William Fairfax GC (17 June 1917, Westminster, London – 23 February 1998, Yeovil) was a British police detective awarded the George Cross for
Fred_Fairfax
English Civil War soldier
Sir William Fairfax (1609 – 19 September 1644), was an officer in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. Fairfax was the second son of Sir
William_Fairfax_(soldier)
Plantation in Virginia, United States
Colonel William Wilson. Wilson's daughter, Mary, married Colonel Miles Cary, Jr. of Richneck Plantation. Sally Cary, who married George William Fairfax, and
Ceelys_on_the_James
English Army officer and politician (1657–1710)
Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (16 April 1657 – 6 January 1710) was an English aristocrat, Army officer and politician. Fairfax was born
Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas_Fairfax,_5th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
American planter and clergyman
Lords. Bryan Fairfax was the son of Sir William Fairfax (1691–1757) of Belvoir and Deborah Clarke (1708–1746). As a young man, Fairfax lived at Belvoir
Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Bryan_Fairfax,_8th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
Australian singer (born 1984)
Journey to Bethlehem Antipater 2024 Unsung Hero David Smallbone Also director 2026 Young Washington William Fairfax Drummer Boy Jeremiah Clem Also director
Joel_Smallbone
Australian media dynasty
1838. John Fairfax was born in Barford, Warwickshire, the second son of William Fairfax and his wife, Elizabeth née Jesson. In 1817, John Fairfax was apprenticed
Fairfax_family
Title in the Peerage of Scotland
Lord Fairfax of Cameron is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Despite holding a Scottish peerage, the Lords Fairfax of Cameron are members of an ancient
Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
American planter
Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1762 – April 21, 1846) was an American planter and a member of the peerage of Scotland. When styled as Master
Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas_Fairfax,_9th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
United States historic place
Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, it was located
Belvoir_(plantation)
American landowner (1774–1820)
godparents. Ferdinando was the heir to his uncle, George William Fairfax (1729–1787), son of William Fairfax (1691–1757), who was married to Sally Cary (ca. 1730–1811)
Ferdinando_Fairfax
English politician and army officer (1584–1648)
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (29 March 1584 – 14 March 1648) was an English politician and army officer who sat in the House of Commons
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Ferdinando_Fairfax,_2nd_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
British peer and politician
title of Lord Fairfax of Cameron, succeeding his father, Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, in 1964. Nicholas John Albert Fairfax was born 4 January
Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Nicholas_Fairfax,_14th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
English politician
Sir William Fairfax (c. 1531– 1 November 1597) JP, of Gilling Castle and Walton, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas
William_Fairfax_(died_1597)
United States Army installation and a CDP in Virginia
Belvoir site was originally the home of William Fairfax, the cousin and land agent of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the proprietor of the Northern
Fort_Belvoir
Plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia
first by Dr. James Craik, and later by the Fairfax family, the first being Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. Dr. Craik, surgeon in the Virginia
Vaucluse_(plantation)
American politician
Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. On May 1, 1838, his mother married William R. Saunders. Fairfax, still the potential 10th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, left
Charles_S._Fairfax
Fairfax, 1st Viscount Fairfax of Emley (1574–1636) Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Viscount Fairfax of Emley (c. 1604–1641) William Fairfax, 3rd Viscount Fairfax
Viscount_Fairfax_of_Emley
American character actor (1945–2000)
Sentimental Journey Bill Gardner Television film George Washington William Fairfax 3 episodes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Gooper Television film The Hitchhiker
David_Dukes
Castle in Kent, England
This legacy was to prove vital for the castle's fortunes. Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was born at the castle in 1693 and settled in North
Leeds_Castle
English landowner and politician
early in Elizabeth's reign". Fairfax was the only son and heir of Sir William Fairfax of Gilling Castle and Walton, Yorkshire, by his second wife Jane Stapleton
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Viscount Fairfax
Thomas_Fairfax,_1st_Viscount_Fairfax
Overview of George Washington's surveying career
Surveyor by William Leybourn in his personal library. When Washington was thirteen, he borrowed the book from his neighbor William Fairfax, and kept it
Surveying career of George Washington
Surveying_career_of_George_Washington
British Army officer and politician (1923–1964)
Thomas Brian McKelvie Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (14 May 1923 – 8 April 1964) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician. He served
Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas_Fairfax,_13th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
American politician (1731–1798)
Lord Fairfax, inherited the land grant upon the death of his mother, Katherine Colepeper. Lord Fairfax dispatched his first cousin William Fairfax (1691–1757)
Thomas_Bryan_Martin
Grade I listed castle in North Yorkshire, England
a male heir. Thus, Thomas Fairfax was able to claim the property in 1489, and it was his great-grandson, Sir William Fairfax, who succeeded in 1571, and
Gilling_Castle
18th-century plantation in Great Falls, Virginia, U.S.
Bryan Fairfax's son Ferdinando. William Fairfax acquired several thousand acres on Difficult Run from his cousin Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Towlston_Grange
1984 American television miniseries
Duke Astin as Martha Washington David Dukes as George William Fairfax Jaclyn Smith as Sally Fairfax Lloyd Bridges as Caleb Quinn José Ferrer as Robert Dinwiddie
George Washington (miniseries)
George_Washington_(miniseries)
Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
was created on 14 March 1836 for Henry Fairfax, in honour of his father, Vice Admiral Sir William George Fairfax. The second Baronet assumed the additional
Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy baronets
Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy_baronets
American soldier, planter, politician, and landowner
the Potomac River at Little Hunting Creek (then in Prince William County; after 1742 Fairfax County). In late 1738, Augustine moved his young family to
Lawrence Washington (1718–1752)
Lawrence_Washington_(1718–1752)
Country house in Warwickshire, England
had married Sir Henry Ramsay-Fairfax, (d. 1944), a line of the Fairfax Baronets, who on marriage assumed the name Fairfax-Lucy. From this point onwards
Charlecote_Park
Scottish scientist (1780–1872)
Mary Somerville (née Fairfax, formerly Greig; 1780–1872) was a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in
Mary_Somerville
Secondary state highway in Virginia, United States
State Route 612 in Fairfax and Prince William counties, Virginia, is a secondary state highway. The two counties are separated by water (at this point
Virginia State Route 612 (Fairfax and Prince William Counties)
Virginia_State_Route_612_(Fairfax_and_Prince_William_Counties)
Region in Virginia, United States
counties, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania and Stafford counties, and six independent cities, Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg
Northern_Virginia
English translator (c. 1580 – 1635)
Sir Thomas Fairfax the elder, of Denton in Yorkshire, and a half-brother of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1560–1640). Fairfax lived at New
Edward_Fairfax
1651 poem by Andrew Marvell
was Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron. The story of Isabel, released from wardship in the priory by legal order and William Fairfax's intervention
Upon_Appleton_House
American-born British peer and politician (1870–1939)
Albert Kirby Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (23 June 1870 – 4 October 1939) was an Anglo-American peer and politician who sat in the House of Lords
Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Albert_Fairfax,_12th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
American Founding Father (1725–1792)
the Constitution. His writings, including substantial portions of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774, the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and his Objections
George_Mason
American man (1830-1900)
was born into the Fairfax noble family, at Vaucluse Plantation in Virginia. Fairfax was second son of Albert Fairfax, Master of Fairfax (15 April 1802 –
John Fairfax, 11th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
John_Fairfax,_11th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
English rear admiral and politician
He was the second son of William Fairfax (1630–1673) and Catherine Stapleton (d. 1695), and grandson of Sir William Fairfax. He first went to sea in 1681
Robert Fairfax (Royal Navy officer)
Robert_Fairfax_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Country house in North Yorkshire, England
marriage, in 1515 the estate passed to the Fairfax family. At the time of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Denton Hall had repute as housing
Denton_Hall,_Wharfedale
American planter and politician
Washington. John Fairfax was born in Charles County, Maryland in 1763, to the former Elizabeth Buckner (1746–1793), the second wife of William Fairfax (1722–1793)
John_Fairfax_(delegate)
Historic house in West Virginia, United States
fortification was noted by George Washington in a communication to Colonel William Fairfax in 1757. Col. Washington garrisoned troops at Mendenhall's several
Aspen Hall (Martinsburg, West Virginia)
Aspen_Hall_(Martinsburg,_West_Virginia)
Los Angeles theatre building
Fairfax Theatre is a mixed-use building located in Los Angeles's Fairfax District on the northwest corner of Fairfax Avenue and Beverly Boulevard. It was
Fairfax_Theatre
Telephone area codes for Northern Virginia, United States
independent cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park, as well as all of Arlington and Fairfax counties and parts of Fauquier
Area_codes_703_and_571
State highway in Virginia, United States
U.S. state of Virginia that traverses the counties of Loudoun, Fairfax, Prince William, and Fauquier. The route is a major artery in the Northern Virginia
Virginia_State_Route_28
Australian politician
William Henry Fairfax Calvert (14 February 1871 – 8 June 1942) was an Australian politician. He was born in South Arm, Tasmania. In 1924 he was elected
William Calvert (Australian politician)
William_Calvert_(Australian_politician)
High school in Los Angeles, California
Fairfax High School (officially Fairfax Senior High School) is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located in Los Angeles, California, near
Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)
Fairfax_High_School_(Los_Angeles)
16th-century English politician
succeeded by his eldest son Sir William Fairfax, who was also an MP for Yorkshire and High Sheriff of the county. "FAIRFAX, Sir Nicholas (1498/99-1571),
Nicholas_Fairfax_(d._1571)
Socially prominent families in colonial Virginia
Robert Bolling William Byrd II Landon Carter Robert Carter I Robert Carter III John Dandridge William Fairfax William Fitzhugh Sir William Gooch Benjamin
First_Families_of_Virginia
American lawyer
Simon Fairfax, a slave freed by Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. Roger Fairfax Jr. and his wife Lisa Fairfax raised three children. Fairfax is
Roger_Fairfax
1774 resolutions rejecting British authority in America
The Fairfax Resolves were a set of resolutions adopted by a committee in Fairfax County in the Colony of Virginia on July 18, 1774, in the early stages
Fairfax_Resolves
Australian-British stage and screen actress
(1975), Mrs Brown in Just William (1977), and Emily Warbeck in Love in a Cold Climate (1980). In August and September 1987, Fairfax played Lucetta in The
Diana_Fairfax
1643 engagement of the First English Civil War
the other four troops being under the command of Sir Henry Foulis. William Fairfax (Thomas's cousin) and George Gifford split the infantry, which comprised
Capture_of_Wakefield
American sheriff
William Payne (July 31, 1725 – July 12, 1782) was a Virginia gentleman, vestryman, justice, and Fairfax County sheriff in the late colonial period. He
William_Payne_(sheriff)
Chronological list of the High Sheriffs of Yorkshire, England
Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle 1532–1533 Sir Marmaduke Constable 1533–1534 Sir John Constable of Nuneaton 1534–1535 William Fairfax 1535–1536 Sir
Sheriff_of_Yorkshire
School division in Virginia, U.S.
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is a school division in the U.S. state of Virginia. The division is an agency of the Fairfax County government, and
Fairfax_County_Public_Schools
United States Navy admiral (1818–1894)
Fairfax (March 10, 1818 – January 10, 1894) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The son of George William Fairfax
Donald_McNeill_Fairfax
British Army officer and politician (1707–1793)
Major Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1707 – 1793) was a British Army officer and politician. He died at Leeds Castle, England, which he
Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Robert_Fairfax,_7th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
English knight and owner of Gilling Castle
Thomas Fairfax (c. 1475 – 1520) was an owner of Gilling Castle, near Gilling East, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Fairfax's father Thomas Fairfax (d
Thomas_Fairfax_(d._1520)
Historic house in Virginia, United States
site of the seat of the vast 18th-century land empire of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1693–1781), the only ennobled British colonial proprietor
Greenway_Court,_Virginia
birthplace of Walter Reed Belvoir, 1741, Fairfax County – home of Colonel William Fairfax, Bryan Fairfax, Sally Fairfax Berkeley Plantation, 1726, Charles City
List of historic houses in Virginia
List_of_historic_houses_in_Virginia
American politician
both houses of the Virginia General Assembly representing Prince William and Fairfax Counties and rose to become the Speaker of the Virginia Senate. Beginning
Ludwell_Lee
Fallowes George William Fairfax William Fairfax Thomas Farley Lodowick Farmer Thomas Farmer (Lieutenant Colonel) John Farrar (Colonel) William Farrar Jr. (Major)
List of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses
List_of_members_of_the_Virginia_House_of_Burgesses
United States historic place
The William E. Beckwith House, also known as the Homestead, is a historic house in Clifton, Fairfax County, Virginia. This frame and weatherboard structure
William_E._Beckwith_House
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Fairfax Station is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 12,420 at the 2020 census. Located in
Fairfax_Station,_Virginia
State highway in northern Virginia, US
that connects Woodbridge in eastern Prince William County with the independent city of Fairfax and the Fairfax County communities of Vienna, Tysons, and
Virginia_State_Route_123
American judge (1819–1874)
Representatives, and briefly served on the Texas Supreme Court. Gray was born to William Fairfax Gray and Mary "Millie" (Stone) Gray in Fredericksburg, Virginia on
Peter_W._Gray
Historic house in Virginia, United States
Captain John Harper in the 1780s. The lot was originally owned by George William Fairfax. The Georgian-style townhouse is three stories and has a rear ell.
Fairfax–Moore_House
Farmhouse in Steeton, North Yorkshire, England
In about 1474, Guy Fairfax replaced the old hall with a large manor house, with a moat. In the 1558, his descendent, William Fairfax, made an inventory
Steeton_Hall_Farm
American politician (1789 – 1863)
Governor in the absence of Territorial Governor William Pope Duval. Born at Cedar Grove plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia, to former American Revolutionary
William_M._McCarty
British peer and Member of Parliament
Edmund Sheffield William Sheffield Phillip Sheffield George Sheffield Mary Sheffield, wife of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron and mother
Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave
Edmund_Sheffield,_1st_Earl_of_Mulgrave
British Indiaman (ship) 1799–1817
also a "Surplus" of £10 per ton. EIC voyage #1 (1800–1801): Captain William Fairfax acquired a letter of marque on 15 February 1800. He sailed from Torbay
Hugh_Inglis_(1799_EIC_ship)
American merchant and mayor
Herbert married Sarah Fairfax Carlyle, daughter of Col. John Carlyle and Sarah Fairfax Carlyle (daughter of William Fairfax). They had seven children:
William_Herbert_(mayor)
controversy, Prince William voters elected William Fairfax as Peyton's successor, and Fairfax also shepherded through the creation of Fairfax County in 1741
Valentine_Peyton
American planter, merchant, and colonial administrator (1664–1732)
name another Virginian to the position, Fairfax made arrangements to have his cousin, Colonel William Fairfax, move to Virginia to act as land agent,
Robert_Carter_I
1643 battle of the English Civil War
commanders, Sir William Savile to capture Leeds. The West Riding of Yorkshire relied on the cloth trade, and Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax sent his son, Sir
Battle_of_Leeds
Historic house in Virginia, United States
Built in 1835, the William Gunnell House is a contributing property of the City of Fairfax Historic District. The building, at 10520 Main Street, was
William Gunnell House (Fairfax, Virginia)
William_Gunnell_House_(Fairfax,_Virginia)
American lawyer and legislator (1724–1806)
1752 until 1754, Jones represented Frederick County alongside George William Fairfax. In 1753, Jones relocated from Kernstown in Frederick County to his
Gabriel_Jones_(politician)
Overview of the political evolution of George Washington
top echelon of Virginia society when he married Ann Fairfax, eldest daughter of William Fairfax, a leading Virginia figure who presided over some six million
George Washington's political evolution
George_Washington's_political_evolution
American politician (1792–1830)
Fitzhugh owned a townhouse in Alexandria, Virginia, and built a house on a Fairfax County plantation the Fitzhugh family had owned since 1694 called Ravensworth
William_Henry_Fitzhugh
Historic house in Virginia, United States
Woodlawn is a historic house located in Fairfax County, Virginia. Originally a part of Mount Vernon, George Washington's historic plantation estate, it
Woodlawn (Fairfax County, Virginia)
Woodlawn_(Fairfax_County,_Virginia)
American planter and lawyer
Thomas Lee (1690-1750) had considerable acreage in what became Prince William, Fairfax and Loudoun counties. Lee was the great-grandson of Col. Richard Lee
Thomas_Jesse_Lee
Demolished plantation home in Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
home built by Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron in 1789–90, south of Hunting Creek and Alexandria in present-day Fairfax County, Virginia. It
Mount_Eagle_(plantation)
Land grant in colonial Virginia
Neck Proprietary – also called the Northern Neck land grant, Fairfax Proprietary, or Fairfax Grant – was a land grant first contrived by the exiled English
Northern_Neck_Proprietary
English clergyman and academic
Revolution. He was a twin son (with John) of Charles Fairfax, and grandson of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron. He was educated at Exeter College
Henry_Fairfax_(priest)
Historic house in West Virginia, United States
Iowa. William Lucas was the son of Edward Lucas II, who arrived in Jefferson County in 1732 and received lands from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House
Captain_William_Lucas_and_Robert_Lucas_House
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