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Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 1612 – 12 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, was an English politician, general and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War.
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (22 October 1693 – 9 December 1781) was a British peer, military officer and planter. The only member of the British peerage to reside in Britain's North American colonies , Fairfax owned the Northern Neck Proprietary in the colony of Virginia , where he spent the majority of his life.
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron. Lord Fairfax of Cameron is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Despite holding a Scottish peerage, the Lords Fairfax of Cameron are members of an ancient Yorkshire family, of which the Fairfax baronets of The Holmes are members of another branch.
His tactical skill and personal courage helped bring about many of the Parliamentary victories in northern and southwestern England. The son of Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, he attended the University of Cambridge and from 1629 to 1631 fought with the Dutch against the Spanish.
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Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord of Cameron was born on October 22, 1693, in Leeds Castle, Kent, England. As a child, Fairfax succeeded to his title in 1709 at just 16 years of age, after the death of the 5th Lord of Cameron. Fairfax studied at Oxford University’s Oriel College from 1710 to 1713.
21 de dic. de 2021 · Sir Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1612-1671), was the first and highly successful commander of the Parliamentarian New Model Army during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651).
Thomas, Baron Cameron, sixth Lord Fairfax, was George Washington 's mentor, neighbor, employer, and friend. The relationship between the two stretched from Washington's teenage years until the end of the baron's life. The effect of this relationship on Washington's development was significant.
