Francis Fane of Spettisbury

Francis Fane (5 December 1752 – 10 November 1813)^[1] of Spettisbury, near Blandford, Dorset, was a British Member of Parliament.^[2]

Life

Francis Fane was born on 5 December 1752, the third son of Henry Fane of Wormsley and his third wife Charlotte, daughter of Richard Luther of Miles, near Ongar in Essex. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating in 1768.^[3]

He was Member of Parliament for the constituency of Lyme Regis from 11 June 1777 until 1780 and for Dorchester in the Parliaments of 1790, 1796, 1802, 1806.^[2][4]

Family

Fane married Anne Cooke, who succeeded to her father's estates in Somerset and Dorset in 1777.^[2] They had no children.

Notes

1. The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 31 December 1752.
2. Bindoff 1982, p. 412
3. "Fane, Francis (FN768F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. Collins & Brydges 1812, p. 303

References

• Bindoff, Stanley T.; et al. (1982). The House of Commons: 1509 - 1558 ; 3, Members N - Z. Vol. 4. Boydell & Brewer, 1982. ISBN 0-436-30420-1.
• Collins, Arthur; Brydges, Egerton (1812). Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. Vol. 3. F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Henry Fane Hon. Henry Fane	Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis 1777–1780 With: Hon. Henry Fane	Succeeded by David Robert Michel
Preceded by Hon. George Damer Hon. Cropley Ashley	Member of Parliament for Dorchester 1791–1800 With: Hon. George Damer 1790–1791 Hon. Cropley Ashley 1791–1800	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Dorchester 1801–1807 With: Hon. Cropley Ashley	Succeeded by Hon. Cropley Ashley Robert Williams