Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
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Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (22 October 1693 ā 9 December 1781), was a Scottish peer. The only resident peer in late colonial-era America, Fairfax owned a vast territory of land in Virginia known as the Northern Neck Proprietary, which his ancestors had acquired in 1649 by a land grant from King Charles II of England. The proprietary originally spanned roughly 5 million acres (20,000 km2), and Fairfax administered it from his wilderness estate in Greenway Court, Virginia. He owned several hundred slaves on some 30 farms and derived much of his income from their labor.[1]
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron | |
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Other titles | Estate Lord Baron |
Known for | Peer of Scotland Northern Neck Proprietary |
Born | 22 October 1693 Leeds Castle, Kent, Kingdom of England |
Died | 9 December 1781(1781-12-09) (aged 88) Greenway Court, Virginia, U.S. |
Many present-day place names in Northern Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia are named for him, including Fairfax County, Virginia and the City of Fairfax.