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Biography of Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane 1676-1744

Paternal Family Tree: Fane

After 28th April 1668 [his father] Henry Fane (age 18) and [his mother] Elizabeth Southcott were married.

In January 1676 Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane was born to Henry Fane (age 26) and Elizabeth Southcott.

On 30th January 1676 Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane was baptised.

On 3rd April 1693 Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 17) was educated at Wadham College, Oxford University.

Before 12th January 1706 [his father] Henry Fane (age 56) died. He was buried on 12th January 1706.

On 19th November 1707 Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 31) and Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane (age 21) were married.

Around 1708 [his son] Charles Fane 2nd Viscount Fane was born to Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 31) and [his wife] Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane (age 22).

In 1711 [his daughter] Elizabeth Fane was born to Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 34) and [his wife] Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane (age 25).

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1713 [his daughter] Lucy Fane died.

On 24th February 1713 [his brother-in-law] James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope (age 40) and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope (age 21) were married.

In 1714 [his son] James Fane died.

On 22nd March 1717 [his daughter] Dorothy Fane Countess Sandwich was born to Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 41) and [his wife] Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane (age 31).

In 1718 [his daughter] Charlotte Fane was born to Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 41) and [his wife] Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane (age 32).

On 14th April 1718 [his brother-in-law] James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope (age 45) was created 1st Earl Stanhope. Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope (age 26) by marriage Countess Stanhope.

On 22nd April 1718 Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 42) was created 1st Viscount Fane, 1st Baron Fane of Loughguyre in the County of Limerick. [his wife] Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane (age 32) by marriage Viscountess Fane.

On 5th February 1721 [his brother-in-law] James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope (age 48) died. His son Philip (age 6) succeeded 2nd Earl Stanhope.

On 14th March 1741 [his son-in-law] John Montagu 4th Earl Sandwich (age 22) and [his daughter] Dorothy Fane Countess Sandwich (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Sandwich.

On 4th July 1744 Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 68) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 36) succeeded 2nd Viscount Fane, 2nd Baron Fane of Loughguyre in the County of Limerick.

In 1762 [his former wife] Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane (age 76) died.

[his son] James Fane was born to Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane and Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

[his daughter] Mary Fane was born to Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane and Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane.

[his daughter] Lucy Fane was born to Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane and Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane.

Royal Ancestors of Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane 1676-1744

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane 1676-1744

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Fane

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fane

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Waller of Groombridge

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Waller

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandFather: George Fane 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mildmay

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Mildmay

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Read

Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Mildmay 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Walsingham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sharington of Lacock in Wiltshire

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Pyrton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Sharington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Paggett of Lacock Abbey

Father: Henry Fane 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Southcott

GrandFather: Thomas Southcott

Mother: Elizabeth Southcott