Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland 1602-1666

On 15th February 1598 Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 18] and [his mother] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 16] were married.

On 24th January 1602 Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland was born to Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 21] and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 20].

On 29th December 1624 Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 44] was created 1st Earl of Westmoreland, 1st Baron Burghesh in Suffolk. [his mother] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 42] by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.

After 18th May 1625 Dutton Gerard 3rd Baron Gerard [aged 12] and [his sister] Mary Fane Baroness Gerard [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Baroness Gerard of Gerard's Bromley. She the daughter of [his father] Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 45] and [his mother] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 43].

In 1626 [his brother-in-law] James Home 2nd Earl of Home [aged 19] and [his sister] Grace Fane Countess Home were married. She by marriage Countess of Home. She the daughter of [his father] Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 45] and [his mother] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 44]. He the son of Alexander Home 1st Earl of Home and Mary Dudley Countess Home [aged 40]. They were sixth cousins.

On 28th June 1626 Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer [aged 72] died. She was buried at Mereworth, Kent. Her son Francis [aged 46] succeeded 4th Baron Despencer, 8th Baron Abergavenny, 6th Baron Abergavenny. [his mother] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 44] by marriage Baroness Despencer, Baroness Abergavenny, Baroness Abergavenny.

On 6th July 1626 Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 24] and Grace Thornhurst Countess of Westmoreland [aged 22] were married. He the son of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 46] and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 44]. They were fourth cousins.

Before 1628 Roger Townshend 1st Baronet [aged 31] and [his future wife] Mary Vere Countess of Westmoreland [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Lady Townshend.

On 23rd March 1629 Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 49] died. His son Mildmay [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Earl of Westmoreland, 5th Baron Despencer, 9th Baron Abergavenny, 7th Baron Abergavenny, 2nd Baron Burghesh in Suffolk. [his wife] Grace Thornhurst Countess of Westmoreland [aged 25] by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.

[his brother] Francis Fane [aged 18] inherited Fulbeck Hall. The Hall was confiscated from him during the Commonwealth; he bought it back.

In 1633 [his sister] Grace Fane Countess Home died at Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire.

In 1634 [his sister] Mary Fane Baroness Gerard [aged 28] died.

On 6th January 1635 [his son] Charles Fane 3rd Earl of Westmoreland was born to Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 32] and [his wife] Grace Thornhurst Countess of Westmoreland [aged 31].

On 29th June 1636 [his wife] Grace Thornhurst Countess of Westmoreland [aged 32] died.

On 21st June 1638 Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 36] and Mary Vere Countess of Westmoreland [aged 30] were married at Hackney. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 56].

On 18th December 1638 Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath [aged 51] and Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex [aged 25] were married at Church of St Bartholomew the Great. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of [his father] Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and [his mother] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 56]. They were second cousin twice removed.

In 1639 [his daughter] Mary Fane Countess Exeter was born to Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 36] and [his wife] Mary Vere Countess of Westmoreland [aged 31]. She married 25th January 1670 John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter, son of David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter and Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter.

On 9th April 1640 [his mother] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 58] died.

On 13th February 1645 [his son] Vere Fane 4th Earl of Westmoreland was born to Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 43] and [his wife] Mary Vere Countess of Westmoreland [aged 37] at Lamport Hall, Buckinghamshire. He married 13th July 1671 Rachel Bence Countess of Westmoreland and had issue.

On 16th August 1654 Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath [aged 67] died. Earl Bath extinct. His Irish estates passed to his widow Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex [aged 41], then to her nephew Henry Fane [aged 4], then to his son Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane.

On 1st May 1655 Lionel Cranfield 3rd Earl Middlesex [aged 30] and Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex [aged 42] were married at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. She by marriage Countess Middlesex. She the daughter of [his father] Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and [his mother] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Anne Brett Countess Middlesex.

In 1656 Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 53] lived at 13 14 Great Piazza Covent Garden.

On 13th June 1661 Lionel Cranfield 3rd Earl Middlesex [aged 36] and Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex [aged 48] were divorced by decree of the Court of Arches having previously obtained a royal warrant dated 19 Mar 1661 to retain her precedency as Countess of Bath.

On 12th February 1666 Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 64] died. His son Charles [aged 31] succeeded 3rd Earl of Westmoreland, 6th Baron Despencer, 10th Baron Abergavenny, 8th Baron Abergavenny, 3rd Baron Burghesh in Suffolk.

In 1669 [his former wife] Mary Vere Countess of Westmoreland [aged 61] died.