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Families covered: Fane of Badsell, Fane of Basildon (Bassilden), Fane of Hadlow, Fane of Tonbridge, Fane of Westmorland, Fane of Wormsley

                               
Probably descended from Howell ap Vane in Monmouthshire was ...
Henry a Vane of Tonbridge (a 1455)
m. Margaret
1. John Vane or Fane of Tonbridge (a 1487)
  Joihn's wife is identified in BP1934 merely as Isabel but in Commoners (vol i, Darell of Calehill), which names him as 'of Hilden', as ...
  m. Isabel Darell (dau of Sir John Darell of Calehill)
  A. Richard Fane of Badsell (d 1540, 2nd son)
  m. Agnes Stidolph (dau of Thomas Stidolph of Badsell)
i. George Fane of Badsell, Sheriff of Kent (d 1571)
  m. Joan Waller (dau of William Waller of Groombridge)
  a. Sir Thomas Fane (d 13.03.1589)
  m1. Elizabeth Colepepper (dau of Thomas Colepepper of Bedgbury)
  m2. (1574) Mary Neville, Baroness Le Despenser (d 1626, dau of Henry Nevill, 6th Lord Bergavenny)
  (1) Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland (b c1583, d 23.03.1628)
m. (1599) Mary Mildmay (dau of Sir Anthony Mildmay of Apethorpe)
  (A) Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (d 12.02.1665)
  m1. (1628) Grace Thornihurst (dau of Sir William Thornihurst of Herne)
  (i) Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland (dsp 22.09.1691)
  m1. (15.06.1665) Elizabeth Nodes (dau of Charles Nodes of Sheephall Bury)
  m2. Dorothy Brudenell (dau of Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan)
  (ii) Frances Fane (b 15.06.1632) probably of this generation
  m. Sir Erasmus Harby of Aldenham, 2nd Bart (bpt 15.02.1627/8, dsp bur 29.07.1674)
  (iii)+ 4 daughters
m2. (21.06.1638) Mary Vere (dau of Horace Vere , Lord of Tilbury)
  (vii) Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland (d 29.12.1693)
  m. (04.07.1671) Rachel Bence (d 17.02.1710-1, dau of John Bence, alderman of London)
  (a) Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland (b 13.04.1678, d unm 19.05.1698)
  (b) Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland (dsps 04.06.1736)
  m. (1708) Catherine Stringer (d 04.02.1729-30, dau of Thomas Stringer of Sharlston)
  ((1)) child (d infant)
(c) John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland (bpt 24.03.1685, dsp 26.08.1762)
  m. Mary Cavendish (d 29.07.1778, dau of Henry Cavendish of Devonshire family)
  (d) Mary Fane (d 19.08.1710)
  m. (30.05.1705) Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Bart (b 1658, d 04.11.1724)
  (e) Catherine Fane
  m. William Paul of Braywick
  ((1)) Catherine Paul (d 28.06.1753)
  m. (28.04.1724) Sir William Stapleton, 4th Bart (d 12.01.1739-40)
After the decease of Catherine's cousin Sir Frances Dashwood, 2nd Bart and Baron Le Despenser, a claim to the barony Le Despenser passed to their descendants.
  (f)+ 1 son (assumed dsp) and 4 daughters
  (viii) Mary Fane (b 1639, d 16.10.1681, 6th daughter)
  m1. Francis Palmes (dsp)
m2. (24.01.1669-70, sp) John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (b 1628, d 18.03.1677-8)
  (ix)+ 3 daughters
  (B) Sir Francis Fane of Fulbeck (d before 09.1681, 3rd son)
  m. Elizabeth West (dau of William West of Firbeck)
  (i) Sir Francis Fane 'of Fulbeck' of Henbury (d before 09.1691)
  m. (16.02.1663-4) Hannah Rushworth (dau of John Rushworth of Essex)
  (a) Henry Fane of Brympton (d 19.12.1726)
  m. Anne Scrope (dau of Thomas Scrope of Bristol, son/coheir of John of Wormsley)
((1)) Francis Fane (b c1698, d unm 28.05.1757)
  ((2)) Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland (d 12.11.1771)
  m. Elizabeth Swymmer (b 08.1708, d 12.11.1782, dau of William Swymmer of Bristol (by Mary Anne, dau of Sir John Lane of Bristol), widow of Samuel Kentish of London)
  ((A)) John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (b 05.05.1728, d 26.04.1774)
  m1. (26.03.1758) Augusta Bertie (d 03.01/04.02.1766, dau of Montague Bertie)
((i)) John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b 01.06.1759, d 15.12.1841)
  m1. (20.05.1782) Sarah Anne Child (b 28.08.1764, d 09.11.1793, dau/heir of Robert Child of Osterley Park by Sarah, dau of Gilbert Joddrell of Ankerwkke)
  ((a)) John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (b 03.02.1784, d 16.10.1859, General) had issue
  m. (26.06.1811) Priscilla Anne Pole-Wellesley (d 18.02.1879, dau of William Pole-Wellesley, 3rd Earl of Mornington)
  ((b)) Sarah Sophia Fane (d 26.01.1867)
m. (23.05.1804) George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey (b 19.08.1773, d 03.10.1859)
  ((c)) Augusta Fane
  m1. (20.06.1804, div 14.02.1809) John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley (b 03.05.1772, d 14.03.1840)
  m2. (16.02.1809) Sir Arthur Paget (b 15.01.1771, d 26.07.1840)
  ((d)) Maria Fane (b 11.05.1787, d 19.03.1834)
  m. (16.11.1805) John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (b 31.08.1781, d 16.05.1847)
  m2. (24.03.1800) Jane (b 1779-80, d 26.03.1857, dau/coheir of Richard Huck (later Huck-Saunders) by Jane, dau of Peter Kinsey by Anne, sister of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders)
  ((e))+ other issue - Charles Saunders (b 08.05.1802, d 03.11.1810), Henry Sutton (b 13.01.1804, d 07.05.1857, Colonel), Montague Villiers (b 19.09.1805, d 07.05.1857), Evelina (d 01.1809), Cecily Jane Georgina of Brympton Park (d 04.12.1874)
  ((ii)) Thomas Fane (b 06.07.1760, d 1807)
  m. (1789) Anne Lowe
  ((a)) John Thomas Fane (b 1790, d 1833, Lt. Colonel)
m. (1816) Marianne Jackson (d 15.04.1836, dau of John Mills Jackson)
  (((1))) Augustus Fane (b 30.06.1817, dsp)
  ((b)) William Fane (b 02.07.1793, d 27.02.1815, captain)
  ((iii)) Augusta Fane (d 06.03.1838)
  m. (12.07.1781) William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (b 29.12.1757, d 19.03.1844)
  m2. (28.05.1767) Susan Gordon (b c1746, d 11.12.1814, dau of Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon)
  ((iv)) Susan Fane (d 1793)
  m. John Drummond of Megginch (b 1754, d 1836)
((v)) Elizabeth Fane (d 19.05.1844)
  m. (04.09.1790) Sir John Lowther, 1st Bart of Swillington (b 04.1759, d 11.05.1844)
  ((vi)) Mary Fane (d 27.06.1855)
  m. (16.01.1792) George Fludyer (d 18.04.1837)
  ((a)) Elizabeth Fluyder (d 21.08.1861) apparently of this generation
  m. (21.10.1824) Sir Philip Christopher Musgrave, 8th Bart of Edenhall (b 1794, d 07.1827)
  ((B)) Henry Fane 'of Fulbeck' (b 04.05.1739, d 04.06.1802)
  m. (12.01.1778) Anne Batson (d 19.01.1838, dau of Edward Buckley Batson)
  ((i)) Sir Henry Fane (b 26.11.1779, dsp 24.03.1840, General)
((ii)) Charles Fane (d Vittoria 1813, Colonel)
  ((iii)) Edward Fane (b 07.12.1783, d 28.12.1862, rector of Fulbeck) had issue
  m. (07.10.1816) Maria Hodges (d 11.11.1850, dau of Walter Parry Hodges of Dorchester)
  ((iv)) Vere Fane (b 05.01.1785, d 18.01.1863) had issue
  m. (02.06.1815) Elizabeth Chaplin (d 06.01.1865, dau of Charles Chaplin of Blankney)
  ((v)) William Fane (b 05.04.1789, d 07.03.1839) had issue
  m. (12.01.1811) Louisa Hay Dashwood (d 14.11.1855, dau of Thomas Dashwood)
  ((vi)) Mildmay Fane (b 09.1794, d 12.03.1868, General)
  ((vii)) Robert George Cecil Fane (b 08.05.1796, d 04.10.1864) had issue
m1. (24.06.1835) Isabella Mary Harvey (dsp 15.12.1838, dau of Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey of Rolls Park)
  m2. (07.09.1841) Harriette Anne Blackwood (dau of Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Bart)
  ((viii)) Anne Fane (b 19.01.1780, d 03.1831)
m. (29.09.1803) John Michel of Dewlish & Kingston Russell (Lt. Gen.)
  ((ix)) Caroline Fane (b 28.12.1791)
  m. (17.09.1802) Charles Chaplin of Blankney (dsp 31.05.1859)
  ((x)) Harriet Fane (b 10.09.1793, d 1834)
  m. (31.01.1814) Charles Arbuthnott (d 1850)
  ((C)) Anne Fane (d 1764)
((D)) Mary Fane
  m. Charles Blair
  ((3)) Henry Fane of Wormsley (d 31.05.1777)
  m1. (17.07.1735) Charlotte Rowe (d 29.09.1739, dau of Nicholas Rowe, poet)
  ((A)) Charlotte Fane
  m. Sir William St. Quintin, Bart (bpt 04.07.1729, dsp 22.07.1795)
  m2. (20.05.1742) Anne Wynn (dau of John Wynn, Bishop of Bath & Wells)
((B)) Mary Fane
  m. (1765) Sir Thomas Stapleton, Bart of Greys Court (b 1727, d 1781)
m3. (09.1748) Charlotte Luther (d 18.04.1758, sister of John Luther of Myles's)
  ((C)) John Fane of Wormsley (b 06.01.1751, d 08.02.1824)
  m. (16.11.1773) Elizabeth Parker (d 20.11.1865, dau of Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield)
  ((i)) John Fane of Wormsley, Sheriff of Oxfordshire (b 09.07.1775, d 04.10.1850) had issue
  m. (06.06.1802) Elizabeth Lowndes-Stone (d 20.11.1865, dau of William Lowndes-Stone of Brightwell Park)
  ((ii)) Francis William Fane (b 1778, dsp 28.03.1844, Rear Admiral)
  m. (1824) Anne Flint (dau of William Flint)
  ((iii)) Elizabeth Sarah Fane
  m. (1813) Thomas Drake (d 1851, Lt. Colonel)
  ((iv)) Mary Fane
  ((v)) Charlotte Fane
  m. (28.12.1813) John Potter Hamilton (Colonel)
  ((vi)) Georgiana Fane (d 1864)
  m. (1816) Joseph Warner Henley of Waterperry
  ((vii)) Augusta Fane
m. (25.04.1815) Benjamin Keene
  Shown by FMG (Continuation, "Hunter's Pedigrees", West of Aughton and Firbeck) & Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1666, West/Fane of Aston) were ...
  (b)+ other issue - John (d infant), George (b 01.1666)
  (ii)+ other issue - William, Henry, Edward, John (d young), Mary, Rachell, Elizabeth, Catherine, Grace, Jane
  (C) William Fane (rector of Humtspill, Canon of Wells) possibly the William who married ...
  m. Elizabeth Pott (dau of George Pott of Stancliffe) possibly wife of William & mother of ...
  (i) Frances Fane probably of this generation
  m1. (1674) John Giffard of Brightleigh (d 1712)
  m2. (04.11.1715) Stephen Newell
  (D) Anthony Fane (b 1613, d 1643)
  m. Annabella or Amabel Benn (d 17.08.1698/9, dau of Sir Anthony Benn of Kingston-on-Thames)
  (i)+ issue - Anthony, Jane
(E) George Fane
  BE1883 (Fane) identifies George's elder brother Sir Francis of Fulbeck (3rd son of the 1st Earl) as father of the following Sir Henry but TCP (Fane) reports that Sir Henry's father was George, the 5th son of the 1st Earl.
  (i) Sir Henry Fane of Basildon or Bassilden (d 01.1705/6)
  m. Elizabeth (dau of Thomas Southcott or Sapcott of Exeter)
  (a) Charles Fane of Basildon, 1st Viscount Fane (bpt 30.01.1675/6, d 07.07.1744)
  m. (12.12.1707) Mary Stanhope (b c1686, d 30.08.1762, dau of Alexander Stanhope)
  ((1)) Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane (dsp 24.01.1766)
m. (07.06.1749) Susanna Marriott (d 10.04.1792, dau of John Marriott of Sturton Hall, widow of Sir William Juxon)
  ((2)) Mary Fane
  m. (1735) Jerome, Count de Salis
  ((3)) Dorothy Fane (d 17.07.1797)
  m. (03.03.1740/1) John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (b 13.11.1718, d 30.04.1792)
  ((4))+ other issue - Elizabeth, Charlotte
  (F) Robert Fane
  (i) Elizabeth Fane (bur 1717) probably of this generation
  m. (31.10.1672) Lewis Incledon of Buckland (b 1636, d 01.1698-9)
  (ii) Mary Fane probably of this generation
  m. William Watton
  (G) Grace Fane
  m. James Home, 2nd Earl of Home (dsp 1632-3)
  (H) Mary Fane (bpt 03.08.1606, bur 1634)
  m. (after 18.05.1625) Dutton Gerard, 3rd Lord of Gerard's Bromley (b 04.03.1613, d 22.04.1640)
(I) Elizabeth Fane
  m1. Sir John Cope, 3rd Bart of Hanwell (bpt 28.08.1608, d 13.10.1638)
  m2. William Cope of Icombe
  (J) Rachel Fane (bpt 28.01.1612/3, dsp 11.11.1680)
  m1. (13.12.1638) Sir Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath (dsp 15.08.1654)
  m2. (01.05.1655) Lionel Cranfield, 3rd Earl of Middlesex (b c1625, dsp 26.10.1674)
  (K)+ other issue - Thomas (d infant), Francis (d unm)
(2) Sir George Fane of Burston apparently of this generation, had issue ("several children")
  m. Anne Boteler (dau of Sir Oliver Boteler of Sharne Brooke and Teston)
  b. Mary Fane
  m. John Ashburnham of Ashburnham (d 1591)
  c. Bridget Fane probably of this generation
  m. Charles Bolle of Haugh (dvp 03.02.1590/1)
  B. John Fane of Hadlow (d before 1554, 4th son)
  m. Joan Hawte (dau of Sir Edward Hawte)
  i. Henry Fane of Hadlow (d 11.06.1580)
  m. Elizabeth White (dau of Henry White of Christchurch)
  a. Henry Fane of Hadlow (b c1560, d 1596)
  m1. Mary Fane (dsp, dau of Thomas Fane of Burston)
  m2. (1584) Margaret Twysden (dau of Roger Twysden of East Peckham)
  (1) Sir Henry Vane of Fairlawn and Raby Castle (b 18.02.1589, d 1654)
  m. (1612) Frances D'Arcy (d 02.08.1663, dau of Thomas D'Arcy of Tolleshunt Darcy)
  (2)+ other issue - Sir Ralph, Charles
  E.+ other issue - Henry (dsp c1534), Thomas, 3 daughters
2. Joan Vane
  m. Thomas Reade
3.+ other issue - Richard, Thomas, Robert

Main source(s): BP1934 (Westmorland), BP1934 (Barnard) with input from BE1883 (Fane)
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