Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and landowner who controlled vast estates in colonial Virginia and played a significant role in the region’s early development.

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instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
colonial American landowner ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
peer of Scotland ⓘ
activity land surveying and management in Virginia ⓘ
birthDate 1693-10-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Kent, England ⓘ
Leeds Castle ⓘ
burialPlace Christ Church, Winchester, Virginia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1781-12-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Frederick County, Virginia ⓘ
Greenway Court ⓘ
educatedAt Oriel College, Oxford ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
employed George Washington ⓘ
familyName Fairfax ⓘ
father Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
inherited proprietary rights to the Northern Neck of Virginia ⓘ
inheritedFrom Catherine Colepeper ⓘ
knownFor being the only resident British peer in colonial America ⓘ
employing George Washington as a surveyor ⓘ
influencing early settlement patterns in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
large-scale land grants in Virginia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOfNobleFamily Fairfax family ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
mother Catherine Colepeper ⓘ
nobleTitle 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
notableWork development of the Northern Neck Proprietary in Virginia ⓘ
owned Northern Neck Proprietary ⓘ
linked to: Northern Neck

vast estates in colonial Virginia ⓘ
politicalAlignment Loyalist sympathies during the American Revolutionary period ⓘ
regionOfActivity Northern Neck, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Northern Neck

Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
colonial Virginia ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Greenway Court ⓘ
Leeds Castle, Kent ⓘ
linked to: Leeds Castle

Northern Neck, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Northern Neck
servedIn British Army ⓘ
supported House of Hanover ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
titleHeld Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
titleHeldFrom 1719 ⓘ

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