Biography of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland 1825-1891
Paternal Family Tree: Fane
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On 26 Jun 1811 [his father] John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland (age 27) and [his mother] Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington (age 48) and [his grandmother] Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington (age 50). He the son of [his grandfather] John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 52) and [his grandmother] Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland.
On 19 Nov 1825 Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland was born to John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland (age 41) and Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 32).
On 15 Dec 1841 [his grandfather] John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 82) died. His son [his father] John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland (age 57) succeeded 11th Earl of Westmoreland. [his mother] Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 48) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
On 16 Jul 1857 Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 31) and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 60) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. He the son of John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland (age 73) and Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 64).
On 08 Feb 1858 [his brother-in-law] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe (age 35) and Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 26) were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 61) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe.
On 03 Sep 1858 [his son] George Neville John Fane was born to Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 32) and [his wife] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 23).
On 16 Aug 1859 [his son] Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland was born to Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 33) and [his wife] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 24).
On 16 Oct 1859 [his father] John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland (age 75) died. His son Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 33) succeeded 12th Earl of Westmoreland. [his wife] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 24) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
On 18 Feb 1879 [his mother] Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 85) died. Both were buried at the Church of St Leonard, Apethorpe [Map].
John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland: On 02 Feb 1784 he was born to John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. On 26 Jun 1811 John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland and Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland were married. She the daughter of William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington and Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington. He the son of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. On 15 Dec 1841 John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland died. His son John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland succeeded 11th Earl of Westmoreland. Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland: On 13 Mar 1793 she was born to William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington and Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington.
On 03 Oct 1860 [his daughter] Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough was born to Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 34) and [his wife] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 25).
In 1869 James Hamilton 2nd Duke of Abercorn (age 30) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Anna Curzon Howe Duchess Abercorn (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Abercorn. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 72) and Anne Gore Countess Howe. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 57) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 56). He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12 May 1870 [his father-in-law] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 73) died. On 12 May 1870 His son [his brother-in-law] George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon Howe 2nd Earl Howe (age 49) succeeded 2nd Earl Howe, 3rd Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire, 7th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire.
In 1876 [his brother-in-law] George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon Howe 2nd Earl Howe (age 55) died. His brother [his brother-in-law] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe (age 53) succeeded 3rd Earl Howe, 4th Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire, 8th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire. Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 44) by marriage Countess Howe.
On 11 Aug 1887 [his son-in-law] William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 23) and [his daughter] Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 61) and [his wife] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 52). He the son of William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 53) and Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough (age 49). They were third cousins.
On 03 Aug 1891 Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 65) died. His son [his son] Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 31) succeeded 13th Earl of Westmoreland.
In 1903 [his wife] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 68) died.
Memorial in the Church of St Leonard, Apethorpe [Map] and graves in churchyard.
Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland: On 16 Aug 1859 he was born to Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland. On 28 May 1892 Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland and Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland were married. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland. On 09 Jun 1922 Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland died. His son Vere Fane 14th Earl of Westmoreland succeeded 14th Earl of Westmoreland.
[his daughter] Margaret Mary Fane was born to Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. Lord Cardigan hated the idea of being put underground, so his coffin was placed immediately under his effigy inside the tomb and not in a vault. He had always intended to have a monument erected during his lifetime in the Rectory grounds, and actually had some stone brought from his Stanion quarries for this purpose. One day Lord Westmorland called, and noticing the quantity of stone, asked what it was to be used for. Cardigan told him. "Nonsense", said Lord Westmorland, "give the stone to me instead. I want to make an entrance-hall at Apethorpe, and it will be the very thing!" My husband very good-naturedly gave him the Stanion stone, and the low entrance-hall at Apethorpe was built of it.
The late Queen Victoria greatly admired the design for the monument, and I was told on good authority that she even had her own figure modelled in her lifetime for her memorial tomb but that when search was made after her death the figure had disappeared and nobody knew what had become of it.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. After my marriage Lord Cardigan and I always went to the different meetings, and generally met all our friends; among others, Lord and Baroness Westmorland, Lord and Baroness Hastings, the Duchess of Beaufort, Willie Craven, George Bruce, and Prince Batthyany. Newmarket was quite a charming rendezvous of society then, so different from the mixed crowd that goes there nowadays, and it could be easily re-christened "Jewmarket", for the Chosen are everywhere.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Fane 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fane of Brympton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hannah Rushworth
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Scrope 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Scrope 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Swymmer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland
GrandFather: John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Farington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven
Great x 1 Grandmother: Augusta Bertie 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Piers
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Piers
Father: John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Child of Headington in Wiltshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Child
Great x 2 Grandfather: Samuel Child
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Child
GrandMother: Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland
Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Colley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ussher of Bridgefoot
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Ussher
Great x 1 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale
GrandFather: William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hill
Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Hill
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trevor 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Trevor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington
Mother: Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Forbes 1st Earl Granard
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Forbes 2nd Earl Granard
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Forbes 3rd Earl Granard
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Forbes
GrandMother: Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Bentinck Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Portland 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Capell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Hyde Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Leveson-Gower Countess Rochester and Clarendon 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower