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Thomas FAIRFAX Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, c 1626 . S. of Ferdinando, 2nd Lord Fairfax. B. at Denton, West Riding of Yorkshire , 17 Jan., 1611/2. Matric. 1626 ; M.A. 1647 ; D.C.L. (Oxford) 1649 . Adm. at Gray's Inn, 26 May, 1628. Sent to the Low Countries [ Holland ] under Sir Horace Vere. Present at the siege of Bois-le-Duc [ Holland ], 1629 . Held a command during the first Scottish war. Knighted, Jan., 1640/1. Supported the parliament and became commander-in-chief of the parliamentary Army, 1645-50 . Defeated Charles I at Naseby [ Northamptonshire ], 1645 . Re-modelled the Army. Succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, 1648 . State Councillor, 1649-51, and 1659-60 . M.P. for Cirencester [ Gloucestershire ], 1649 ; for West Riding of Yorkshire , 1654 ; for Yorkshire , 1660 . During the Protectorate, he lived in retirement at Nun Appleton, West Riding of Yorkshire , and devoted himself to literature. Headed the commission sent to Charles II at The Hague [ Holland ], 1660 . Author of poems, translations, and two autobiographical works. Died at Nun Appleton [ West Riding of Yorkshire ], 12 Nov., 1671. Buried at Bilborough [Bilbrough] [ West Riding of Yorkshire ]. M.I. ( D.N.B. ) | Thomas FAIRFAX Approx. lifespan: 16111671 Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's College c1626 s. of Ferdinando FAIRFAX 2nd Lord Fairfax. b. at Denton, West Riding of Yorkshire 1611/2:01:17 Matric. 1626 M.A. 1647 D.C.L. (Oxford) 1649 Adm. at Gray's Inn 1628:05:26 Sent to the Low Countries, [ Holland ] under Sir Horace VERE Present at the siege of Bois-le-Duc, [ Holland ] 1629 Held a command during the first Scottish war. Knighted 1640/1:01 Supported the parliament and became commander-in-chief of the parliamentary Army 1645-50 Defeated Charles I at Naseby, [ Northamptonshire ] 1645 Re-modelled the Army. Succeeded his father as 3rd Baron FAIRFAX of Cameron 1648 State Councillor 1649-51, and 1659-60 M.P. for Cirencester, [ Gloucestershire ] 1649 ; for West Riding of Yorkshire 1654 ; for Yorkshire 1660 During the Protectorate, he lived in retirement at Nun Appleton, West Riding of Yorkshire and devoted himself to literature. Headed the commission sent to Charles II at The Hague, [ Holland ] 1660 Author of poems, translations, and two autobiographical works. Died at Nun Appleton, [ West Riding of Yorkshire ] 1671:11:12 buried at Bilborough Bilbrough, [ West Riding of Yorkshire ] M.I. ( D.N.B. ) [app:]Educated at St John's College [:app] [app:]Portrait at St John's College [:app] [app:]Portrait engraving by R.S.: CAS: G.53[:app] [app:](Atkinson, 425)[:app] |