Lady Mary Fane
Lady Mary Fane (1639–1681) was the daughter of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, who succeeded to the title in 1628 and died in 1666, and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, and widow of Sir Roger Townshend.[1]
Lady Mary married firstly Francis Palmes of Ashwell, Rutland, and was widowed with no children.[2] She married secondly John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (1628–1678), a widower, on 24 January 1670.[1] He had previously been married to Lady Frances Manners (died 1660), and had two children. Mary is buried in St Martin's Church, Stamford.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Westmorland, Mildmay Fane Earl of (2001). The Poetry of Mildmay Fane, Second Earl of Westmoreland: From the Fulbeck, Harvard and Westmoreland Manuscripts. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-5984-1.
- ^ Thoroton, Robert (1790). The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire,: Extracted Out of Records, Original Evidences, Leiger-books Other Manuscripts, and Authentic Authorities. Beautified with Maps, Prospects, and Portraitures. G. Burbage.
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