Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
American
Thomas Fairfax was a Scottish peer who managed his vast Virginia land grant in colonial America. - AsNotedIn
Thomas Fairfax was a Scottish peer who managed his vast Virginia land grant in colonial America. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1693/10/22 | Thomas Fairfax is born in Kent, England at Leeds Castle the son of Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and of Catherine, daughter of Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper. | Born | Leeds Castle | Broomfield and Kingswood | |||
| 1719/00/00 | Thomas Fairfax inherits the five million acre Northern Neck grant in Virginia from his mother, a daughter of Thomas, Lord Culpeper. | Proprietor | Northern Neck Proprietary | ||||
| 1746/00/00 | Proprietor | Fairfax Stone Site | Thomas | ||||
| 1747/00/00 | Completely embittered because his fiancee has married another man, Thomas Lord Fairfax arrives at Belvoir in Virginia. | Home | Belvoir Mansion Ruins and the Fairfax Grave | Fort Belvoir | |||
| 1747/00/00 | Thomas Lord Fairfax lays out a residence at Greenway Court called "the Quarter" (lost). | Home | Greenway Court, Virginia | White Post, VA | |||
| 1751/00/00 | Fairfax is joined by his nephew from England, and together they live at Greenway. Faitfax's life here is not happy. He invites no women to his lavish parties, quit rents are not always willingly paid and he is constantly involved in boundary disputes. | Home | Greenway Court, Virginia | White Post, VA | |||
| 1760/00/00 | In the mid-1700s, George Washington receives an American Foxhound from Lord Fairfax, descended from those brought to the American colonies by Robert Brooke in 1650. | Benefactor | Mount Vernon Estate, VA | Mt Vernon, VA |
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