George William Fairfax (January 2, 1724 – April 3, 1787) was a planter in colonial Virginia who represented then-vast Frederick County and later Fairfax...
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Sir William George Fairfax (8 March 1739 – 7 November 1813) was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and the progenitor of the Fairfax Baronets. His most notable...
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William Fairfax (1691–1757) was a political appointee of the British Crown in several colonies as well as a planter and politician in the Colony of Virginia...
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Sarah "Sally" Cary Fairfax (1730 – 1811 in Bath, England) was the wife of George William Fairfax (1724–1787), a prominent member of the landed gentry...
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Common Pleas William Fairfax (died 1597), MP for Boroughbridge and Yorkshire William Fairfax (soldier) (1609–1644) William George Fairfax (1739–1813),...
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Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, it...
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to a special convention to meet in August. George Washington and Charles Broadwater were elected as Fairfax County's representatives to the convention...
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younger cousin, son of his manager William Fairfax and half-brother of George William Fairfax, Rev. Bryan Fairfax, would eventually return to England...
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was created on 14 March 1836 for Henry Fairfax, in honour of his father, Vice Admiral Sir William George Fairfax. The second Baronet assumed the additional...
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people John Fairfax (delegate) (1762-1843), manager for George Washington John Fairfax (minister) (1623–1700), English ejected minister John Fairfax, 11th Lord...
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Washington – Wife of George Washington. David Dukes as George William Fairfax – Best friend of George Washington and husband of Sally Fairfax. Jaclyn Smith as...
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George Mason University (GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, in Northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The university is...
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Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 1612 – 12 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, was an English politician, general...
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Mary Somerville (redirect from Mary Fairfax Somerville)
Physical Sciences. Somerville, the daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir William George Fairfax, was related to several prominent Scottish houses through her mother...
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his cousin, Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. His brother, George William (1729–1787) and his wife, Sally Cary Fairfax (1730–1811), also lived...
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Belvoir (plantation) (redirect from Belvoir Mansion Ruins and the Fairfax Grave)
Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, it was located...
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godparents. Ferdinando was the heir to his uncle, George William Fairfax (1729–1787), son of William Fairfax (1691–1757), who was married to Sally Cary (ca...
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the inclusion of his anti-slavery views. George Washington or George William Fairfax, the burgesses for Fairfax County, may have asked Mason's advice as...
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Frederick William Fairfax GC (17 June 1917, Westminster, London – 23 February 1998, Yeovil) was a British policeman awarded the George Cross for his heroism...
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Royal Navy admiral Robert Fairfax (Royal Navy officer) (1666–1725), British Royal Navy rear admiral William George Fairfax (1739–1813), British Royal...
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was made a baronet and Captains Henry Trollope and William George Fairfax were knighted. King George III insisted on meeting Duncan personally, and on...
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"Villiers, George (VLRS641G)", A Cambridge Alumni Database, University of Cambridge Eales, Jacqueline (2004), "Fairfax, Anne, Lady Fairfax (1617/18–1665)"...
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Fort Belvoir (redirect from Virginia State Route 618 (Fairfax County))
Belvoir site was originally the home of William Fairfax, the cousin and land agent of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron the proprietor of the Northern...
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Fairfax (March 10, 1818 – January 10, 1894) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The son of George William Fairfax...
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Present. Vol. 3. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company. Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1905). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris:...
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The Fairfax County Public Schools system (FCPS) is a school division in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. It is a branch of the Fairfax County government...
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George Washington. John Fairfax was born in Charles County, Maryland in 1763, to the former Elizabeth Buckner (1746–1793), the second wife of William...
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Anne, Lady Fairfax (born Anne Vere, also known as Anne Fairfax; 1617/1618 – 1665) was an English noblewoman. She was the wife of Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord...
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Yorkshire rising in support of George Monck in January 1660 under the leadership of his cousin Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax. He later succeeded his cousin...
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Fairfax High School (officially Fairfax Senior High School) is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located in Los Angeles, California, near...
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