Fairfax
Fairfax — biographical name
1. Baron Thomas Fairfax (1612–1671), the commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary Ne
Baron Thomas Fairfax (1612–1671), the commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary New Model Army during the English Civil War, noted for leading the decisive victory at the Battle of Naseby in 1645.
Fairfax led the New Model Army to a decisive victory at Naseby in 1645.
led + New Model Army for commanding in battle
After Naseby, Fairfax led the army west and captured the royalist stronghold of Bristol in 1645.
led + captured for successive military campaign actions
Fairfax grew politically isolated after opposing Cromwell's plan to dissolve the Rump Parliament in 1653.
Parliament chose Fairfax to lead the newly formed army in 1645.
2. Baron Thomas Fairfax (1692–1782), the only British peer residing in colonial Ame
Baron Thomas Fairfax (1692–1782), the only British peer residing in colonial America, who owned the vast Northern Neck Proprietary in Virginia — over five million acres of land between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers.
Fairfax inherited the Northern Neck, a vast stretch of land in Virginia.
inherited + vast stretch of land for receiving large property
A young George Washington once surveyed lands owned by Lord Fairfax.
Lord Fairfax left London for Virginia in 1747, building Belvoir estate on the Potomac.
The American Revolution ended Fairfax's control over his Virginia estate.