Francis Fane (soldier)
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Colonel Francis Augustus Fane (1824–1893,) was an English officer in the British Army who raised the Peshawar Light Horse during the Indian Mutiny. Fane was also a noted traveller, diarist, artist as well as in later years a successful banker.
Lincolnshire. Fourth son of the Reverend Edward Fane of Fulbeck Hall and younger brother of both Henry Hamlyn-Fane
and General Walter Fane
.
. When the Indian mutiny broke out in 1857, Francis Fane raised a troop of cavalry called the Peshawar Light Horse, made up mainly of loyal Hindu sepoys with which he fought a guerrilla campaign against the insurgents. He campaigned throughout the Mutiny with a church organ with which he roused both troops and civilians alike.
Fane is not to be confused with his brother general Walter Fane
who raised Fane's Horse nor with his brother in law Henry Princep Fane who undertook a famous and well documented escape from Indian Mutineers at Jaunpore.
He died in 1893 from a fall whilst hunting and was buried in Fulbeck Lincolnshire.
Early life
Fane was born in 1824 into the prosperous Fane family in FulbeckFulbeck
Fulbeck is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A607, north from Grantham and north-west from Sleaford. To the north is Leadenham, and to the south is Caythorpe.-Toponymy:...
Lincolnshire. Fourth son of the Reverend Edward Fane of Fulbeck Hall and younger brother of both Henry Hamlyn-Fane
Henry Hamlyn-Fane
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Hamlyn-Fane , known as Henry Fane until 1861, was a British soldier and Conservative politician.-Background:...
and General Walter Fane
Walter Fane
General Walter Fane CB was a British General who served in Central India, on the North West Frontier as well as in China during the Opium Wars. Fane raised a troop of irregular cavalry to fight in China made up of Indian volunteers and they went on to become Fane's Horse, a regiment that remains...
.
Military service
Francis joined the 25th Regiment of Foot where he served in Antigua and Canada and where later he was ADC to his Uncle Major-General Mildmay FaneMildmay Fane
The Honourable Mildmay Fane was a British politician.Vere was the fourth son of Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland, by Rachel, daughter of John Bence. He sat as Member of Parliament for Kent from February to September 1715.He died aged 25.-References:...
. When the Indian mutiny broke out in 1857, Francis Fane raised a troop of cavalry called the Peshawar Light Horse, made up mainly of loyal Hindu sepoys with which he fought a guerrilla campaign against the insurgents. He campaigned throughout the Mutiny with a church organ with which he roused both troops and civilians alike.
Fane is not to be confused with his brother general Walter Fane
Walter Fane
General Walter Fane CB was a British General who served in Central India, on the North West Frontier as well as in China during the Opium Wars. Fane raised a troop of irregular cavalry to fight in China made up of Indian volunteers and they went on to become Fane's Horse, a regiment that remains...
who raised Fane's Horse nor with his brother in law Henry Princep Fane who undertook a famous and well documented escape from Indian Mutineers at Jaunpore.
Later life
In 1862 his father died and Francis Fane inherited the Fulbeck Hall estate in Lincolnshire. Fane left the army ranked a Colonel and became a successful Banker as a partner in Praed Fane and Co., based in Nottingham. Fane was a keen musician, artist and engraver as well as diarist.He died in 1893 from a fall whilst hunting and was buried in Fulbeck Lincolnshire.