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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: 1611–1671 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] |