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	Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (January 17, 1612 – November 12, 1671), general and commander-in-chief during the English Civil War, the eldest son of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was born at Denton, near Otley, Yorkshire.
		Sir Thomas Fairfax was selected as the new lord general with Cromwell as his lieutenant-general and cavalry commander, and after a short preliminary campaign the "New Model" justified its existence, and "the rebels' new brutish general", as the king called him, his capacity as commander-in-chief in the decisive victory of Naseby (14 June 1645).
		Fairfax was in agreement with Cromwell and the army leaders in demanding the punishment of Charles, and he was still the effective head of the army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Fairfax,_3rd_Baron_Fairfax_of_Cameron (1819 words)

	Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (January 17, 1612 – November 12, 1671), general and commander-in-chief during the English Civil War, the eldest son of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, was born at Denton, near Otley, Yorkshire.
		Fairfax received a pension of £5000 a year, and lived in retirement at his Yorkshire home of till after the death of the Protector.
		His descendant Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1693-1781), inherited from his mother, the heiress of, large estates in Virginia, and having sold and his Yorkshire estates he retired there about 1746, dying a bachelor.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Thomas_Fairfax,_3rd_Baron_Fairfax_of_Cameron (1831 words)

	FAIRFAX OF CAMERON - LoveToKnow Article on FAIRFAX OF CAMERON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sir Thomas Fairfax was selected as the new lord general with Cromwell as his lieutenant-general and cavalry commander, and after a short preliminary campaign the New Model justified its existence, and the rebels new brutish general, as the king called him, his capacity as commander-in-chief in the decisive victory of Naseby (q.v.).
		Lord Fairfax died at Nunappleton on the 12th, of November 1671, and was buried at Bilborough, near York.
		Thomas found his cousin William Fairfax settled in Virginia, and made him his agent, and Bryan (1737-1802), the son of William Fairfax, eventually inherited the title, becoming 8th baron in 1793.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FA/FAIRFAX_OF_CAMERON.htm (1723 words)

	Thomas Fairfax, Third Baron Fairfax (1612-1671)
		Fairfax was sent across the Pennines to deal with the new threat in the Welsh Marches, and after a slow journey, reached Cheshire, where the new Royalist army, under Lord Byron, was besieging Nantwich, the only Parliamentary stronghold in the county.
		Fairfax was one of the few to remain on the field (although his father did run from the field).
		Fairfax and the New Model then moved on to deal with the remaining Royalist strongholds in the south, including Sherborne castle, taken on 14 August, Bristol, taken on 10 September despite the presence of Prince Rupert in the garrison, and Berkeley Castle, taken on 26 September.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/people_fairfax.html (1525 words)

	Sir Thomas Fairfax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fairfax was a strict disciplinarian and did much to establish the high code of personal conduct for which the New Model became famous.
		Fairfax’s clemency towards the local population in the West and the discipline of the New Model Army stood in marked contrast to the plundering and lawlessness of Royalist commanders such as Goring and Sir Richard Grenville.
		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.
	blacktom.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /html/sir_thomas_fairfax.html (1177 words)

	Brief Biography of Thomas Fairfax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thomas, Lord Fairfax, the eldest son of Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, was born at Denton, in 1601.
		A medal of Sir Thomas Fairfax bears on the obverse his bust regarding the left, with the eneireling legend "Gener: Tho: Fairfax: Miles: Milit: Parli: Dux." The battle of Naseby, in 1646, proved him in every way worthy of the trust reposed in him.
		Fairfax was in truth too good and honest a man for the party to which he waj attached.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/people/lords/fairfax.htm (1007 words)

	Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (January 17, 1612 - November 12, 1671), parliamentary general and commander-in-chief during the English Civil War, the eldest son of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, was born at Denton, near Otley, Yorkshire.
		His descendant Thomas Fairfax, 6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1693-1781), inherited from his mother, the heiress of Thomas Culpeper, 2nd Baron Culpeper, large estates in Virginia, USA, and having sold Denton Hall and his Yorkshire estates he retired there about 1746, dying a bachelor.
		But it was practically dropped by the American family, until, shortly before the coronation of Edward VII, the successor in title was discovered in Albert Kirby Fairfax (born 1870), a descendant of the 8th baron, who was an American citizen.
	sir-thomas-fairfax.biography.ms (1776 words)

	BBC - History - Sir Thomas Fairfax (1612 - 1671)
		Thomas Fairfax, son of Ferdinando Lord Fairfax, was born in Denton in north Yorkshire.
		Lord Fairfax, as he now was, did not support the execution of Charles I. And he resigned his command because he did not approve of Cromwell's pre-emptive strike against Scotland undertaken in 1650.
		Thomas Fairfax was held in high regard as a military commander, not only by his peers but also by those under his command, strict disciplinarian though he was.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/fairfax_thomas.shtml (487 words)

	Sir Thomas Fairfax 1612-71
		Thomas Fairfax was born at Denton Hall, near Otley, Yorkshire, on 17 January 1612, the eldest son of Ferdinando, 2nd Lord Fairfax.
		The Marquis of Newcastle attacked the Fairfaxes at Bradford and inflicted a major defeat at the battle of Adwalton Moor in June 1643, which left the Royalists in control of all of Yorkshire except the port of Hull.
		Fairfax's clemency towards the civilian population and the discipline of the New Model Army stood in marked contrast to the plundering and lawlessness of Royalist commanders such as Goring and Sir Richard Grenville.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/fairfax.htm (1854 words)

	Thomas Fairfax
		Thomas Fairfax, the son of Ferdinando Fairfax, was born in Denton, Yorkshire, in 1612.
		Fairfax was knighted by Charles I in 1641.
		Fairfax was elected to the House of Commons (1654-1658) but did not attend proceedings.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /STUfairfax.htm (565 words)

	FAIRFAX OF CAMERON, THOMAS FAIRFAX, 6TH BARON. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Virginia disputed the extent of his grant, and both parties had surveys made, Fairfax journeying (1735–37) to the colony for that purpose.
		In 1745 the British privy council, in return for certain concessions made by Fairfax, confirmed his claim in full (a minimum of 5,282,000 acres/2,137,500 hectares), and two years later he returned to Virginia to live permanently.
		He spent several years with his cousin and former agent, Col. William Fairfax, the patron of the youthful George Washington, at “Belvoir” on the Potomac before moving (1752) to the Shenandoah valley, where he built “Greenway Court,” near Winchester.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/fa/FairfaxC6.html (174 words)

	The Fairfax Battalia - Sir Thomas Fairfax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Fairfax Battalia takes its name from Sir Thomas Fairfax who was appointed the first captain general of the New Model Army in 1645 and was colonel of his own regiment of Foot and Horse.
		Fairfax was born on 17th January 1612 at Denton in Yorkshire and died on 12th November 1671.Fairfax was educated at the University of Cambridge and was a cultured person who was interested in Roman antiquities and cultivating roses.
		Fairfax immediately set about organising its formation and training as England’s first professional army, uniting the earlier regional armies which had difficulties operating outside their own areas and with rivalries between the different command structures.
	www.fairfax.org.uk /MAIN/tomfairfax.htm (548 words)

	The ECW Pages - Sir Thomas Fairfax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fairfax was appointed commander in chief of the New Model Army in 1645, and set about organising its formation and training.
		Fairfax also fought in the second civil war for Parliament, but refused to condemn Charles I to death.
		Fairfax was moderate in his political and religious views, and did not like extremists.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~crossby/ECW/people/fairfax2.html (188 words)

	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Fairfax participated in the Bishops' Wars (1639 and 1640) against the Scots and was knighted in January 1640.
		Fairfax disapproved of the purge of Parliament by his soldiers in December 1648, and he refused to serve on the commission that condemned Charles I to death, an event he sought to prevent.
		Fairfax was a member of the Parliament that invited Charles I's son to return to England as King Charles II in 1660, but the desecration of Cromwell's remains by Charles II in 1661 incensed him.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9033587?tocId=9033587 (1077 words)

	Fairfax County Historical Society
		Fairfax County was created in 1742 from Prince William County.
		Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax was the only Fairfax to actually reside on the Fairfax Land Grant.
		Lord Fairfax was sufficiently impressed with George that he employed him to survey his lands in the Shennandoah Valley.
	www.fairfaxhistoricalsociety.org (270 words)

	The Seminary Hill
		Her grandfather, Thomas Fairfax, who was actually the Ninth Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, may have been at Vaucluse also, but he appears to have died before his daughter and her children moved there.
		Thomas Fairfax was a son of the Reverend Brian Fairfax, Rector of Christ Church, Alexandria.
		Thomas Fairfax went to England in 1777 and made good his claim to the title before the House of Lords, being passed through the American lines by personal order of George Washington.
	www.generalcooper.com /dawson/seminaryhill.htm (1305 words)

	Col. Fairfax
		While most of the new gentry were drawn from the old class of knights, others including Thomas Fairfax (grandfather of the subject of this essay) entered it by the purchase of land confiscated from those nobles and knights who had sided against Henry Tudor in the final phase of the Wars of the Roses.
		Anxious to enhance his position, Thomas Fairfax was only too pleased when his neighbour Sir John Poltwhistle (one of the old knights) agreed to the marriage of his son Richard to his daughter Anne.
		Unlike his father and grandfather, young Thomas Fairfax proved to be of a military bent and through the agency of his uncle Geoffrey Poltwhistle secured a command in the king's forces.
	www.tappin.me.uk /GaS/Fairfax.html (739 words)

	Thomas and Elizabeth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thomas Fairfax was William and Elizabeth's 2nd son.
		Thomas married Elizabeth Leonard, daughter of William Leonard from Undy at St Basil's Church, Bassaleg on 10/5/1859.
		Thomas died in 20/11/1871 at the age of 36.
	www.smart1313.freeserve.co.uk /thomas_and_elizabeth.htm (324 words)

	Fairfax, Vermont, New England, USA
		The list of Fairfax grantees was headed by the New York businessman Edward Burling, who was also included in Benning Wentworth's grants for Shelburne, Colchester, Essex, Huntington and Jericho.
		Well known throughout the colonies, Fairfax was a close friend of George Washington: it was he who befriended the teenaged Washington by giving him the job of surveying and mapping the Fairfax estates in the Shenandoah Valley.
		Fairfax held many town and county offices and, even though he remained firmly a loyalist, he was accorded all the rights of Virginia citizenship, and was never molested during the Revolution.
	www.virtualvermont.com /towns/fairfax.html (325 words)

	National Park Service - Colonials and Patriots (Greenway Court)
		Greenway Court was for 30 years the home of Lord Thomas Fairfax, the only English peer residing in the Colonies, a friend to young George Washington, and proprietor of a 5-million-acre grant of Virginia lands.
		Inheriting the proprietary through his mother, daughter of Lord Thomas Culpeper, Fairfax was forced into a long defense of his lands by a formidable political attack that began in 1733 and continued intermittently until after his death in 1781.
		Fairfax, a leading citizen of Virginia during the third quarter of the 18th century, had an important influence on the careers of Washington and, indirectly, John Marshall, whose father also did some survey work for the proprietor.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/colonials-patriots/sitec55.htm (369 words)

	The Battle of Winceby
		Thomas Fairfax was one of the best cavalry officers to emerge from the English Civil War.
		Thomas inspired his men and knew no fear in battle, but lacked a sound gasp of the larger strategic situation.
		With the arrival of the main Parliamentarian forces, led by Thomas Fairfax, Cromwell's apprehensions about engaging the enemy due to the depletion of forces, because of his hard campaigning of the previous month, disappeared.
	www.magweb.com /sample/sced/5winceby.htm (1746 words)

	Thomas, Lord Fairfax & the Northern Neck Proprietary
		The original hunting lodge that served as Lord Fairfax's home is no longer standing; but the limestone building used as his land office is still standing.
		The lands of Lord Fairfax were originally granted by King Charles II on September18, 1649 while he was in exile in France.
		On February 25, 1673 a new charter was given to Thomas Lord Culpeper and Henry Earl of Arlington.
	www.historichampshire.org /fairfax.htm (658 words)

	5b. Leeds Castle
		Thomas son of Thomas Lord Fairfax and the Lady Catherine his wife was born 22 October and bapt.
		Fairfax was not ninety in 1778, nor did he ever attain that age, though he lived on for more than three years.
		This marriage settlement was one of the Fairfax papers which came into the hands of Thomas Bryan Martin when Lord Fairfax died in 1781; were stored in the garret at Greenway Court at the time of his death in 1798; and subsequently were casually examined by the Kennerleys before they were burned in 1875.
	gen.culpepper.com /historical/nneck/5b-leeds.htm (2725 words)

	Fairfax County Cemetery Survey - FAIRFAX FAMILY CEMETERY - FCPL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tradition as to his removal varies, but some interesting old stones are left to tell where little Fairfax Children still sleep beneath the maples." On Oct. 4, 1960, J. Berkeley Green disinterred the remaining burials, which were in the right-of-way of the Dulles Access Road.
		His log indicate that FERDINANDO FAIRFAX (1774-1820) was reinterred at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria, and that other (unnamed) burials were reinterred at Chestnut Grove Cemetery (FX092) and St. Pauls Cemetery.
		NOTE: The House was donated to the Fairfax County Park Authority in 1997.
	www.co.fairfax.va.us /library/branches/vr/cem/cem229.htm (243 words)

	The Northern Neck Proprietary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After the death of Catherine, Lady Fairfax, in 1719, the Proprietorship of the Northern Neck passed on to her son Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax.
		In 1746 at the age of fifty-three, Thomas Lord Fairfax established his primary residence, Greenway Court Manor, in the Shenandoah Valley.
		After the death of Thomas Lord Fairfax in 1781, his vast Virginia holdings were inherited by his nephew, the Rev. Denny Martin, who lived in England.
	www.hottelkeller.org /northernneckproprietary.htm (1123 words)

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