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See also:FAIRFAX OF See also:CAMERON, FERDINANDO FAIRFAX, 2ND See also:BARON (1584-1648) , See also:English See also:parliamentary See also:general, was a son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Fairfax of See also:Denton (156o-1640), who in 1627 was
created Baron Fairfax of Cameron in the See also:peerage of See also:Scotland. See also:Born on the 29th of See also:March 1584, he obtained his military See also:education in the See also:Netherlands, and was member of See also:parliament for See also:Boroughbridge during the six parliaments which met between 1614 and 1629 and also during the See also:Short Parliament of 1640. In May 164o he succeeded his See also:father as Baron Fairfax, but being a Scottish peer he sat in the English See also:House of See also:Commons as one of the representatives of See also:Yorkshire during the See also:Long Parliament from 1649 until his See also:death; he took the See also:side of the parliament, but held moderate views and desired to maintain the See also:peace. In the first Scottish See also:war Fairfax had commanded a See also:regiment in the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:army; then on the outbreak of the See also:Civil War in 1642 he was made See also:commander of the parliamentary forces in See also:York-See also:shire, with See also:Newcastle as his opponent. Hostilities began after the repudiation of a treaty of See also:neutrality entered into by Fairfax with the Royalists. At first he met with no success. He was driven from York, where he was besieging the Royalists, to See also:Selby; then in 1643 to See also:Leeds; and after beating off an attack at that See also:place he was totally defeated on the 3oth of See also:June at Adwalton See also:Moor. He escaped to See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, which he successfully defended against Newcastle from the 2nd of See also:September till the 11th of See also:October, and by means of a brilliant sally caused the See also:siege to be raised. Fairfax was victorious at Selby on the 11th of See also:April 1644, and joining the Scots besieged York, after which he was See also:present at See also:Marston Moor, where he commanded the See also:infantry and was routed. He was subsequently, in See also:July, made See also:governor of York and charged with the further reduction of the See also:county. In See also:December he took the See also:town of See also:Pontefract, but failed to secure the See also:castle. He resigned his command on the passing of the Self-denying See also:Ordinance, but remained a member of the See also:committee for the See also:government of Yorkshire, and was appointed, on the 24th of July 1645, steward of the See also:manor of Pontefract. He died from an See also:accident on the 14th of March 1648 and was buried at See also:Bolton See also:Percy. He was twice married, and by his first wife, See also:Mary, daughter of See also:Edmund See also:Sheffield, 3rd See also:Lord Sheffield (afterwards 1st See also:earl of See also:Mulgrave), he had six daughters and two sons, Thomas, who succeeded him as 3rd baron, and See also:Charles, a See also:colonel of See also:horse, who was killed at Marston Moor. During his command in Yorkshire, Fairfax engaged in a See also:paper war with Newcastle, and wrote The See also:Answer of Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, to a See also:Declaration of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, earl of Newcastle (1642; printed in See also:Rushworth, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 139); he also published A See also:Letter from . . . Lord Fairfax to . . . See also:Robert, Earl of See also:Essex (1643), describing the victorious sally at See also:Hull.
End of Article: FAIRFAX OF CAMERON, FERDINANDO FAIRFAX, 2ND BARON (1584-1648)
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