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     Henry Fairfax was born in 1619. He was the son of Edward Fairfax and Dorothy Laycock.

     Henry Fairfax 4th Baron Fairfax was born on 30 December 1631 in Oglethorpe, Yorkshire. Henry succeeded his cousin, Thomas, and was the 4th Lord Fairfax.
19. Henry Fairfax, Hon, b. 20 Apr 1659, Bolton Percy, d. 1708, Toulston, Yorkshire, m. 27 Sep 1684, Anne Harrison, b. South Cave, d. Aug 1733, (daughter of Richard Harrison). Henry inherited his mother’s estate at Tolston. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1691. He was the son of Henry Fairfax and Lady Mary Cholmondeley.
     Henry Fairfax 4th Baron Fairfax married Frances Barwick circa 1652 in Yorkshire.
     Henry died on 13 April 1688 aged 56.

     John Fairfax was born on 31 May 1619. He was the son of Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Baron and Mary Sheffield.
     John died on 7 June 1619.

     John Fairfax was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) and Ellen Aske.
     John died at the siege in April 1621 in Frankenthal, Germany.

     John Fairfax was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Elizabeth Sherborne.

     Mary Fairfax was born in 1638 in 'Bishophill', York. She was the daughter of Thomas Fairfax 3rd Baron and Ann Vere.
     Mary Fairfax married George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham on 15 September 1657. They had no issue.
     Mary died in 1704.

     Mary Fairfax was born in 1616 in Fewston, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Edward Fairfax and Dorothy Laycock.
     Mary Fairfax married Laurence Scarbrough on 22 January 1641 in Addingham, Yorkshire.

     Mary Fairfax (Rockley) was the daughter of Sir William Fairfax and Isabel Thwaites.

     Maud Fairfax (Waterton) was born. She was the wife of Sir John (or Robert) Waterton & had issue Sir Robert Waterton. She was the daughter of Sir Guy Fairfax and Isabella Ryther.

     Miles Fairfax was born in 1506 in Gilling, Walton, Yorkshire. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Anne Gascoigne.

     Sir Nicholas Fairfax was born. He was the third son, Knight of Rhodes (the Rodes). Burke's Commoners has him as the brother of Guy not the son. He was the son of Sir Guy Fairfax and Isabella Ryther.

     He was Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1531, 1535, 1544 and 1561.
     More information about Sir Nicholas Fairfax may be found at http://issuu.com/jamiei/docs/gilling-20and-20its-20families. He was born between 1498 and 1504 in Gilling, Walton, Yorkshire. He was aged 22 when he succeeded his father who died in 1520!. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Anne Gascoigne.
     Nicholas died on 30 March 1571. There is a stone effigy in Gilling East church, the church guide states 1572, He married Jane Palmes c 1516 and they had 8 sons and 5 daughters. He married secondly Alice Parrington but had no issue by her. He was succeeded by his eldest son William who died in in 1597.

     Peregirne Fairfax was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) and Ellen Aske.
     Peregirne died in La Rochelle, France.

     Richard Fairfax was the son of Thomas Fairfax and Margaret Friston.
     Richard Fairfax lived at Walton, Yorkshire. Richard was Chief Justice of England.
     Richard Fairfax married Eustachia Carthorpe.
     Richard died in 1431/32.

     Richard Fairfax was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Elizabeth Sherborne.

     Robert Fairfax was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Elizabeth Sherborne.

     Robert Fairfax was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Anne Gascoigne.

     Susan Fairfax was the daughter of Sir William Fairfax and Isabel Thwaites.

     Thomas Fairfax was born say 1466. He was the second son. He was the son of Sir Guy Fairfax and Isabella Ryther.
     Thomas Fairfax married Cecily Manners, daughter of Sir Robert Manners and Eleanor de Ros. Thomas was Sergeant-at-law..
     Thomas Fairfax made a will dated 7 September 1544.
     Thomas died between September 1544 and December 1544 in Finningley, Yorkshire.
     His will was proved on 22 December 1544 in York.

     Thomas Fairfax was the son of William Fairfax and Constance de Mauley.
     Thomas Fairfax married Margaret Friston in 1349.
     Thomas died in 1415.

     Thomas Fairfax was born on 7 March 1627/28. He was the son of Henry Fairfax and Lady Mary Cholmondeley.
     Thomas died on 28 April 1640 aged 12.

     Thomas Fairfax was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) and Ellen Aske.
     Thomas died in Turkey.

     Thomas Fairfax was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Anne Gascoigne. Thomas was an Anglican priest.

     Thomas Fairfax lived at Walton, Yorkshire, circa 1349.
     Thomas Fairfax married Elizabeth or Margaret de Etton in 1349.

     Sir Thomas Fairfax was born circa 1474 in Walton, Yorkshire. He was 29 when he succeeded his father in 1505. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Elizabeth Sherborne.
     In 1489 Thomas became the owner of the Gilling estate in Walton through his ancestor Elizabeth de Etton and her husband Thomas Fairfax of Walton in 1349.
     Sir Thomas Fairfax married Anne Gascoigne, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne and Lady Margaret Percy, before 1504 in Yorkshire. They had 6 sons and 6 daughters.
     Thomas died in 1520.

     Sir Thomas Fairfax was born circa 1430. He was the son of William Fairfax and Catherine Neville.
     Sir Thomas Fairfax married Elizabeth Sherborne. Sir Thomas Fairfax was knighted He was created a Knight of Bath in 1495.
     Thomas died on 31 March 1505.

     Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) was born circa 1560 in Bilbrough, Yorkshire. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yks. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton) and Dorothy Gale (Rokeby).
     Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) married Ellen Aske, daughter of Robert Aske and Elena Merring, in 1582. He had 12 children, 2 of whom were to die abroad in the 30 Years War and 1 in the ill fated expedition to La Rochelle. A 4th son died mysteriously in Turkey.
     Thomas fought in the Low Country and was knighted by Lord Essex for gallant conduct before Rouen, 1591. He served Queen Elizabeth as a diplomatist; was one of the Council of the North, under the presidency of Lord Sheffield, from 1602-1619. Thomas was widowed on 23 August 1620 on the death of his wife Ellen Aske.      
Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) was elected MP in 1625 for Yorkshire. Thomas was created a peer of Scotland, 4 May 1627, as Baron Fairfax of Cameron on 4 May 1627.
     Thomas died on 1 May 1640. Sir Thomas jr. was knighted and made Viscount Fairfax of Cameron. He was buried in Otley, Yorkshire.

     He was of Denton and Nun Appleton, deprived of Steeton in favour of his brother Gabriel.
He changed the field of his coat from argent to or to distinguish it from the Steeton branch. He received Denton from his mother’s estate but lost Steeton Castle by his father disinheriting him and giving Steeton Castle to his younger son, Gabriel.
They had issue Sir Thomas, Henry who died young, Ferdinando who died young, Ursula who married Sir Henry Bellasyse, of Newborough; Christiana who married John Aske of Aughton, buried at St Mary Bishophill, 1 July 1619; Anne who died young and was buried at Bishophill 29 Aug 1571. Sir Thomas jr. was knighted and made Viscount Fairfax of Cameron and died 23 Aug 1620. He had issue Ferdinando, 2nd Lord Fairfax who was General of the Northern Forces for the Parliament ... His brother Thomas became 3rd Lord Fairfax and General of Horse for the Parliament 28 Jan 1642, Commander in Chief, M.P.Yorkshire 1660. .
enjoyeth Denton and the lands that came by Thwates, Tonge Surtees 58. Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton) was born in 1521 in Bilborough, Yorkshire. He was the second son. He was the son of Sir William Fairfax and Isabel Thwaites.
     Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton) married Dorothy Gale (Rokeby) in 1559. She was the widow of John Rokeby of Sandal. Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton) was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1571.
     Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton) made a will dated 13 January 1578. His will is printed in Reg. Test. xxviii, 46. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1579.
     Thomas died on 28 January 1599/0 in Denton, Yorkshire.
     His will was proved on 31 January 1599/0 in the Prerogative Court of York.

     Thomas Fairfax 3rd Baron was born on 17 January 1611/12 in Denton, Yorkshire. He was the son of Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Baron and Mary Sheffield. Thomas Fairfax 3rd Baron graduated in 1626 from St John's College, Cambridge University.
     Thomas Fairfax 3rd Baron served in the military in the Army in 1629. He joined Sir Horace Vere's army, fighting for the Dutch in the Thirty Years War. He married Vere's daughter on his return to England. In 1639 he marched with King Charles I against the Scots in the First Bishop's War. Although the war ended with the pacification of Berwick before any fighting took place, Fairfax was knighted for his services in January 1640. Sir Thomas Fairfax was a leading particpant in theSecond Siege of Bradford, the Storming of Leeds, the Storming of Wakefield, the Battle of Seacroft Moor, the Battle of Adwalton Moor and the Battle of Marston Moor..
     Thomas Fairfax 3rd Baron married Ann Vere on 20 June 1637.
     He was a leading Parliamentarian general of the First and Second Civil Wars and Lord-General of the New Model Army. He refused to fight against Chares II in the Third Civil War and supported the Restoration. Thomas succeeded his father as 3rd Lord Fairfax and General of Horse for the Parliament 28 Jan 1642, Commander in Chief, MP for Yorkshire 1660.
Fairfax continued as Lord-General of the Army throughout the political crisis of 1647-8, supporting the Independents against the Presbyterians and the Grandees against the Levellers, though his actions were largely prompted by Cromwell and Ireton.
During the Second Civil War, Fairfax crushed the Royalist uprising in Kent, then drove the Essex Royalists into Colchester, where he became bogged down in a long and increasingly bitter siege. He ordered the execution of the Royalist commanders Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle after Colchester's surrender asserting that they had broken their parole and committed treason by taking up arms against Parliament.
Fairfax became increasingly worried at events leading up to the King's trial because, as Lord-General, all the Army's actions were carried out in his name. Although he was appointed one of the commissioners of the High Court of Justice, Fairfax did not attend the King's trial. When his name was called, his wife Anne famously cried out, "He hath more wit than to be here," before being forcibly removed from the courtroom. During the execution of the King, Fairfax is said to have been detained at a prayer meeting by Cromwell and Colonel Harrison.
He succeeded as the 3rd Lord Fairfax on the death of his father, Ferdinando, in March 1648


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Fairfax remained in England during Cromwell's Irish campaign of 1649. He resigned as Lord General of the Army in 1650, declining to invade Scotland against Charles II and the Covenanters during the Third Civil War. Fairfax stated that although he would fight to the death to resist any invasion of England, he was reluctant to invade a country with which there still existed a Solemn League and Covenant. In any case he believed that strategically it made more sense to await a Scottish invasion and defeat it in England. Command of the New Model Army passed to Oliver Cromwell and Fairfax played no part in the great victories of Dunbar and Worcester.

Fairfax lived quietly in retirement during the Commonwealth and Protectorate. His daughter Mary married the Duke of Buckingham in 1657. Buckingham was in secret communication with Charles II and when Buckingham was arrested and sent to the Tower in 1658, Fairfax came to London to intercede for him, quarrelling bitterly with Cromwell a few days before the Protector's death.

When General Monck marched against Lambert, Fairfax raised the gentry of Yorkshire in support of Monck and seized York from Colonel Robert Lilburne on 1st January 1660, the day Monck set out from Coldstream. Fairfax handed York over to Monck and urged him to restore the Monarchy. The influence of Buckingham probably saved him from being condemned as a regicide after the Restoration. See also http://www.the-fairfax-society.org/.
     In 1642 while most of the Yorkshire gentry sided with the King, Sir Thomas and his father Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, declared for Parliament and fought many engagements in the north of England. Known as "Black Tom" for his dark complexion, Sir Thomas gained a reputation as a gallant and courageous commander, though his fortunes were mixed. The Fairfaxes were defeated by the Marquis of Newcastle at Adwalton Moor in June 1643, which temporarily left the Royalists in control of Yorkshire. Fortifying themselves in Hull and mounting lightning raids on Royalist positions, the Fairfaxes kept Newcastle's army occupied in the north and prevented a Royalist advance into East Anglia. Fairfax left his father to command Hull and crossed the Humber into East Anglia with a body of cavalry in September 1643. He collaborated for the first time with Oliver Cromwell, who was a colonel in the Eastern Association army, at the battle of Winceby in October 1643. Fairfax's victory over Lord Byron at Nantwich in January 1644 opened North Wales to the Parliamentarians. He shared in the decisive victory at Marston Moor, July 1644.
     Thomas Fairfax 3rd Baron was mentioned between July 1643 and August 1646. He defeated Sir John Arundell of Trerice at Pendennis Castle.
     Thomas Fairfax 3rd Baron served in the military 1645, Fairfax was appointed Lord General of the New Model Army because he was one of the few senior Parliamentarian commanders not affected by the Self-Denying Ordinance. Fairfax was a strict disciplinarian and did much to establish the high code of personal conduct for which the New Model became famous. He commanded at Naseby, June 1645, the deciding battle of the First Civil War, then marched into the Royalist-held west country. He defeated Lord Goring at Langport in July and took Bristol from Prince Rupert in September 1645. Fairfax's clemency towards the local population in the west and the New Model Army's discipline stood in marked contrast to the plundering and lawlessness of Royalist commanders such as Goring and Sir Richard Grenville. After storming and capturing Dartmouth in January 1646, Fairfax sent his Cornish prisoners home with two shillings each to spread the word that the Parliamentarian army had not come to rob them. In February 1646, Fairfax defeated Lord Hopton and the remnants of the Royalist western army at Torrington, accepting Hopton's surrender at Truro on 13 March 1646. Finally in June 1646, the Royalist headquarters of Oxford surrendered to Fairfax in 1645.
     Thomas studied at Oxford University on 17 May 1649. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax, of Cameron, etc. created DCL 17 May 1649 (son & Heir of Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax); MA from St John's College, Cambridge 1646-7). Comander in chief of the Parliament army 1645-50, gaind the celebrated victory at Naseby June 1645, constable of the Tower 1647, Lord of the Isle of Man 1650, MP Cirencester (LP) Dec 1646 Yorkshire (West Riding) 1654-5, 1659, Yorkshire 1660, a member of the Council of State.
     Thomas died in "the Royal Favour" on 12 November 1671 in Nun Appleton, Yorkshire, aged 59. He was buried in Bilbrough, Yorkshire.
     He was succeeded by his cousin Henry, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.

     Thomas Fairfax 5th Baron Fairfax was born on 16 April 1657. He was the son of Henry Fairfax 4th Baron Fairfax and Frances Barwick.
     Thomas Fairfax 5th Baron Fairfax married Catherine Culpepper circa 1685.
     Thomas died on 6 January 1709/10 aged 52.