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Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (173 6– 1802) was an American planter and clergyman who also held a Scottish peerage. He was a lifelong friend of George Washington and became the first member of the British peerage to be born in North America after travelling to England and claiming the peerage there.
The Fairfaxes of England and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries : including letters from and to Hon. William Fairfax, president of Council of Virginia, and his sons Col. George William Fairfax and Rev. Bryan, eighth Lord Fairfax, the neighbors and friends of George Washington.
He was awarded £13,758 in 1792, by Act of Parliament for the relief of American Loyalists. He was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the eighth Lord, Rev. Bryan Fairfax who also lived in Virginia. He was the grandson of Reverend Henry Fairfax, second son of the fourth Lord.
Rev Bryan "8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron" Fairfax. Born 11 Aug 1736 in Belvoir Manor, Fairfax, Colony of Virginia. Ancestors. Son of William Fairfax and Deborah (Clarke) Fairfax.
- Male
- August 11, 1736
- Elizabeth (Cary) Fairfax
- August 7, 1802
Rev. Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1736–1802) was an Anglican clergyman and Scottish peer (the title was created in 1627 before the Union of 1707). He was a lifelong friend of George Washington and became the first American-born Lord Fairfax; his predecessors were born in the UK. The Rev.
George William's younger brother Bryan Fairfax remained a lifelong friend of George Washington. More than 200 letters survive from a correspondence that lasted forty one years. The letters exchanged between them during the summer of 1774 reveal some of Washington's most expressive opinions on the crisis between Britain and the Colonies.
2 de may. de 2002 · In May 1798 Fairfax went to England for his health and petitioned Parliament successfully for certification as eighth Baron Fairfax of Cameron to succeed his deceased cousin Robert Fairfax, seventh Baron Fairfax of Cameron. Fairfax was GW’s close friend and fox-hunting companion, and in 1769 GW stood godfather for Bryan’s son Ferdinando. 1 .
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