Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland
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Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland KB (13 February 1645 – 29 December 1693), known as Sir Vere Fane from 1661 to 1691, was a British peer
and Member of Parliament
for Peterborough
and Kent
.
He was Lord Lieutenant of Kent
. He inherited the earldom from Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
and was succeeded by Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland.
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Peterborough
Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Peterborough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formally styled The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past...
and Kent
Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England. It returned two "knights of the shire" to the House of Commons by the bloc vote system from the year 1290...
.
He was Lord Lieutenant of Kent
Lord Lieutenant of Kent
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. Since 1746, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Kent.-Lords Lieutenant of Kent:*Sir Thomas Cheney 1551–?*William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham 3 July 1585 – 6 March 1597...
. He inherited the earldom from Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland was a British peer and member of the House of Lords. Before succeeding to the peerage, he had been a Member of Parliament for Peterborough from 1660 to 1666....
and was succeeded by Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland.