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Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1736– 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.
3 de mar. de 2024 · Bryan Clarke Fairfax was the 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and the first American-born member of the house of Lords. More here: http://bit.ly/gcA6Eo. Bryan Fairfax was a boyhood friend of George Washington. Ash Grove is an 18th-century plantation house in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
- Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Jane Fairfax, Elizabeth Blair Fairfax
- Virginia
- circa 1740
The title to the Scottish peerage, the 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron descended to him in 1793, and although his claim was recognized by the House of Lords he never asserted it. Birth: 11 August 1736 Belvoir Manor, Fairfax, Virginia. Wikipedia ~ Biography
- Male
- August 11, 1736
- Elizabeth (Cary) Fairfax
- August 7, 1802
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.
George William died at his home near Bath, England, on April 3, 1787. Sally lived alone until her death in 1811. 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.
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.
