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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.
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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.
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (29 March 1584 - 14 March 1648), English parliamentary general, was a son of Thomas Fairfax, whom Charles I in 1627 created Baron Fairfax of Cameron in the peerage of Scotland.
Fairfax was victorious at Selby on 11 April 1644, and joining the Scots, besieged York, after which he was present at the Battle of Marston Moor (2 July 1644), where he commanded the infantry and was routed.
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The town of Fairfax derives its name from Lord Charles Snowden Fairfax, tenth Baron of Cameron, Scotland, whose British ancestors were given the grant of land by the British Crown which became the province and then the state of Virginia.
He was a descendant of Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron Charles was lured west by the gold fever.
Fairfax Manor saw the advent of the Fairfax Incline (or Funicular) Railway which was built in 1913 to help sell lots on Manor Hill along Redwood, Spruce, Scenic and Tamalpais Roads.
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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.
In November 1908 Albert's claim to the title as 12th baron was allowed by the House of Lords.
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 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.
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 Pepys' Diary: Fairfax, Lord Thomas
After the Restoration, Fairfax’s son-in-law returned the favor in kind, for he “probably saved him [Fairfax] from being condemned as a regicide.” Instead of the gallows or prison, Fairfax spent a quiet retirement in Yorkshire until his death in 1671.
A sister of Thomas Fairfax married Thomas Widdrington, who became a member of the council of state in 1651, speaker of the Commons in September 1656 and chief baron of the Exchequer, where Pepys worked, in June 1658.
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He became Baron Goring in 1628, and a privy councillor in 1639.
When the troubles between Charles and his parliament became acute Goring devoted his fortune freely to the royal cause; and the king in November 1644 renewed for him the title of earl of Norwich which had become extinct at his uncle's death.
He commanded the Kentish levies, which Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron Fairfax dispersed at Maidstone and elsewhere, and was forced to surrender unconditionally at Colchester, EnglandColchester.
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Horatio Vere, 1st and last Baron Vere of Tilbury was the son of Geoffrey de Vere and Elizabeth Hardkyn.
She married Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, son of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron and Lady Mary Sheffield, on 20 June 1637.
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron was the son of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron and Lady Mary Sheffield.
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Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1612-1671), Scottish general, born in Yorkshire, and educated at Saint John's College,...
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 Fairfax, CA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Nestled in between San Anselmo and the San Geronimo Valley, the area now called Fairfax was originally part of the Mexican Land Grant, Canada de Herrera, consisting of 6,558 acres (27 km²), conferred to Domingo Sais on August 10, 1839, in return for his military service under the government of Mexico.
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Meanwhile another of Charles's chief advisers, (Click link for more info and facts about Thomas Wentworth) Thomas Wentworth, had risen to the role of Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1632 and brought in much needed revenue for Charles by persuading the Irish Catholic gentry to pay new taxes in return for promised religious concessions.
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, was executed on May 12, 1641.
Parliamentary supporters took to arms to protect the five men as they escaped across (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London.
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 Sir John Arundell (of Trerice) from the Cornish History Files
Baron, commander for the King in the southwest 1642-46) to reinforce Pendennis Castle, Falmouth with 900 men.
Baron Fairfax of Cameron, (Parliamentary General of Horse appointed to supreme command of the Parlimentary forces in 1645) laid siege to the castle.
Under pressure from Parliment to subdue the south-west for once and all Fairfax moved on leaving Colonel Hamond and Admiral Batten (commanding the sea blockade) to the siege.
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Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1612-1671), Scottish general, born in Yorkshire, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge.
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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.
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 Battlefield Britain - Routing The Royals: The Battle of Naseby - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, ...
At Naseby the Parliamentarians were commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and, in charge of the cavalry, the newly appointed Lieutenant General of Horse, Oliver Cromwell.
The National Army Museum is a good place to investigate the battle, it houses some of Britain’s finest military treasures including a series of prints of Naseby and an engraving of the battle by Joshua Sprigge, Fairfax’s chaplain.
There is information and objects that relate to the Civil War including a small amount of arms and armour and portraits of major figures like Fairfax and Charles I on show as well as a copy of Sprigge’s battle plan.
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 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
There the parliamentary armies under Sir Thomas Fairfax (later 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron), and a Scottish Army under Alexander Leslie, the 1st earl of Leven, surprised Rupert with an early-evening attack.
The left wing of the Parliamentary forces under Oliver Cromwell scattered Rupert's cavalry, then reformed and went to Fairfax's aid on the right, enveloping the Royalist centre.
The Royalists suffered heavy losses—3,000 to 4,000 killed, many prisoners taken, and most of their cannon captured.
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