Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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The Right Honourable The Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Born	14 May 1923
Died	8 April 1964 (aged 40) London, England
Years active	1939–1964
Title	13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Spouse	Sonia Helen Gunston
Parent(s)	Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron Maude Wishart McKelvie


Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 1945–1964 Scottish representative peer

Thomas Brian McKelvie Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (14 May 1923 – 8 April 1964) was a British Army officer, Conservative politician and peer.

Early life

Thomas Brian McKelvie Fairfax was born on 14 May 1923 and was the son of Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1870–1939), and Maude Wishart McKelvie, daughter of James McKelvie, who were married in 1922. He had a younger brother, Peregrine John Wishart Fairfax (1925–2012).^[1]

Career

He served in World War II as a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. In 1945, he was elected a Scottish representative peer, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord President of the Council (Lord Woolton and Lord Salisbury respectively) from 1951 to 1953 and to the Minister of Materials (Lord Woolton) between 1953 and 1954. In 1954 he was made a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords), a post he held until 1957.

Personal life

In 1951, Lord Fairfax of Cameron married Sonia Helen Gunston (1926–2017), younger daughter of Cecil Bernard Gunston, MC, and his wife Lady Doris Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood. Lady Doris was the eldest daughter of Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1866–1918). They had:

Serena Frances Fairfax (born 12 December 1952 - died 17 December 2021)^[2]
Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (born 4 January 1956), who married Annabel Morriss, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Gilham Morriss
Hugh Nigel Thomas Fairfax (born 29 March 1958)^[2]
Rupert Alexander James Fairfax (born 21 January 1961)^[2]

He died in April 1964, aged only 40, and was succeeded by his eight-year-old son, Nicholas. In 1967, his widow Lady Fairfax of Cameron was appointed Temporary Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.

References

^ "Albert Kirby Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron". thepeerage.com. The Peerage. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Thomas Brian McElvie Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron". thepeerage.com. The Peerage, BP2003 volume 2, page 2867. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page^[usurped]

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Albert Fairfax	Lord Fairfax of Cameron 1939–1964	Succeeded by Nicholas Fairfax
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Mancroft	Lord-in-waiting 1954–1957	Succeeded by The Marquess of Lansdowne

v t e Fairfax family
First generation	Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Second generation	Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron Henry Fairfax
Third generation	Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron Henry Fairfax
Fourth generation	Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Fifth generation	Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron William Fairfax
Sixth generation	George William Fairfax Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Seventh generation	Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron Ferdinando Fairfax
Ninth generation	Donald McNeill Fairfax Charles Snowdon Fairfax John Fairfax, 11th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Tenth generation	Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Eleventh generation	Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Twelfth generation	Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Fairfax family residences Ash Grove Belvoir Charlecote Park Denton Hall Gilling Castle Greenway Court Lee-Longsworth House Leeds Castle Leesylvania Mount Eagle Nunappleton Oak Hill Towlston Grange Vaucluse

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