House of Fane

Earls of Westmorland (Simple Arms)

Earls of Westmorland in the Peerage of England (1624)

Barons le Despencer in the Peerage of England (1264/1295 from 1626, abeyant 1762)

Barons Bergavenny in the Peerage of England, first creation (1392, from 1626, abeyant 1762)

Barons Bergavenny in the Peerage of England, second creation (1450, from 1626, abeyant 1762)

Baron Catherlough of Catherlough in the Peerage of Ireland (1733-1762)

 Elder Branch of the House of Fane/Vane:

 

Sir Thomas Fane

Sir Thomas Fane (Marital Arms)

• Sir Thomas Fane (d.1589) married Mary Nevill, 7th Baroness le Despenser, de jure 7th and 5th Baroness Bergavenny (c. 1554-1626) sole daughter and heiress of the 6th (and de jure 4th) Baron Bergavenny.

1st Earl of Westmorland

• Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, Baron Burghersh, 8th Baron le Despencer, de jure 8thand 6th Baron Bergavenny (1580–1629) married Mary Mildmay (1582-1640) only daughter and heiress of Sir Anthony Mildmay, of Apethorpe. Succeed his mother as 8th Baron le Despencer as well as 6th and 8th Baron Bergavenny

2nd and 3rd Earls of Westmorland

• Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, 9th Baron le Despencer, Baron Bergavenny (1602–1666) Married as his second wife The Hon. Mary de Vere later Townsend (1611-1669) widow of Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Bt. of Raynham and 2nd daughter and coheiress of Horatio de Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury.
• Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, 10th Baron le Despencer, de jure 10th and 8th Baron Bergavenny (1635–1691)

4th to 7th Earls of Westmorland

• Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland, 11th Baron le Despencer, de jure 11th and 9th Baron Bergavenny (1645–1693)
• Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland, 12th Baron le Despencer, de jure 12th and 10th Baron Bergavenny (1678–1699)
• Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland, 13th Baron le Despencer, de jure 13th and 15th Baron Bergavenny (1683–1736)

1st Baron Catherlough of Catherlough

• John Fane, 1st Baron Catherlough of Catherlough,7th Earl of Westmorland, 14th Baron le Despencer, de jure 14th and 12th Baron Bergavenny (1685–1762) married Mary Cavendish (1700- 1778) only daughter and heiress of Lord Henry Cavendish.

On his death the Barony of Catherlough became extinct and the Baronies of le Despencer and Bergavenny fell into abeyance between the descendants of his two sisters, Lady Mary Dashwood and Lady Catherine Paul.

Earls of Westmorland

• Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland (1701–1771) great great grandson of 1st Earl of Westmorland.
• John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (1728–1774) married Augusta Bertie (d. 1766), 1st daughter and coheiress  of Captain Lord Montague Bertie, , 4th son of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.

10th Earl of Westmorland KG

• John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland KG (1759–1841)
• John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (1784–1859)
• Francis William Henry Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland (1825–1891)
• Anthony Mildmay Julian Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland (1859–1922)
• Vere Anthony Francis Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland (1893–1948)
• David Anthony Thomas Fane, 15th Earl Earl of Westmorland (1924–1993)
• Anthony David Francis Henry Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland (b. 1951)

Viscounts Fane in the Peerage of Ireland (1718–1766)

 

Viscounts Fane

• Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane, Baron of Loughguyre (1676–1744) great grandson of 1st Earl of Westmorland.
• Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane (1708–1766)

Barons le Despencer in the Peerage of England, Fourth Creation (1357)

• Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1336–1375)
• Thomas le Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester, 2nd Baron le Despencer KG(1373–1400) (attainder of first and second creations reversed 1398; attainted 1400)

On the death of the infant Lady Anne Beauchamp, in her own right Countess of Warwick and Baroness Burghersh, the Barony of Burghersh and the representation of the three Baronies of le Despencer fell into abeyance between her cousin George [Nevill], Lord Bergavenny, and her aunt Anne, Countess of Warwick. On the attainder and execution of Lady Margaret Plantagenet, in her own right Countess of Warwick and Salisbury, on 28 May 1541 any claim to the four Baronies by the descendants of Anne, Countess of Warwick, lapsed and the sole representation lay with the Barons Bergavenny. The attainder of Thomas, Earl of Gloucester, was reversed in 1461 but the abeyancies continued until 25 May 1604, when the abeyancy of the 1295 Barony of le Despencer was terminated in favour of Mary, Lady Fane:

Earl of Westmorland, 8th Baron le Despencer

• Mary Nevill, later Fane, 7th Baroness le Despenser (1554–1626)
• Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, 8th Baron le Despencer (1580–1629)
• Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, 9th Baron le Despencer (1602–1666)
• Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, 10th Baron le Despencer (1635–1691)
• Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland, 11th Baron le Despencer (1645–1693)
• Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland, 12th Baron le Despencer (1678–1699)
• Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland, 13th Baron le Despencer (1683–1736)
• John Fane, 1st Baron Catherlough of Catherlough, 7th Earl of Westmorland, 14th Baron le Despencer (1685–1762)

On the death of the 14th Baron le Despencer the Barony of Catherlough became extinct, the Earldom of Westmorland passed to a second cousin once removed, and the Barony of le Despencer fell into abeyance between the descendants of his two sisters, Lady Mary Dashwood and Lady Catherine Paul.  The Barony of le Despencer was called out of abeyance on 19 Apr 1763 in favour of Sir Frances Dashwood, 2nd Bt., of West Wycombe, co. Buckingham:

15th Baron le Despencer

• Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer (1708–1781) (abeyance terminated 1763; abeyant 1781), son of Lady Mary Fane, daughter of 4th Earl of Westmorland.

On the death of the 14th Baron le Despencer in 1781 the barony fell into abeyance between his sister, Rachel, Lady Austin, and the descendants of his aunt, Lady Catherine Paul. On the death of his sister in 1788 the barony was called out of abeyance in favour of his first cousin twice removed.

15th Baron le Despencer

• Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer (1766–1831) great great grandson of Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland, 12th Baron le Despencer.
• Mary Frances Elizabeth Boscawen neé Stapleton, 17th Baroness le Despencer (1822–1891)

Viscounts Falmouth and Barons le Despencer

• Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth, 18th Baron le Despencer (1847–1918)
• Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, 8th Viscount Falmouth, 19th Baron le Despencer (1887–1962)
• George Hugh Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth, 20th Baron le Despencer (b. 1919)

Barons Bergavenny in the Peerage of England, first creation (1392, abeyant 1762)

Barons Bergavenny in the Peerage of England, second creation (1450, abeyant 1762)

• William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny KG (d. 1411) married Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester.
• Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, 2nd Baron Bergavenny (1397–1422)
• Elizabeth de Beauchamp, later Nevill, de jure 3rd Baroness Bergavenny (1415–1447)

Barons Bergavenny (Nevill)

• George Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (1440–1492) son of Elizabeth de Beauchamp, later Nevill, de jure 3rd Baroness Bergavenny and Edward Nevill, de facto 3rd and de jure 1st Baron Bergavenny (1450 Creation) (1414–1476) 7th son of Ralph de Nevill, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, daughter of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford.
• George Nevill, 5th and de jure 3rd Baron Bergavenny KG (d. 1535)
• Henry Nevill, 6th and de jure 4th Baron Bergavenny (d. 1587)
• Mary Nevill, later Fane, 7th Baroness le Despenser, de jure 7th and 5th Baroness Bergavenny (1554–1626) See above