| Authorised form of name | Fane; Sir; Francis (c1612 - 1681); royalist governor |
| Dates | c1612 - 1681 |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Aston Church, Yorkshire |
| Activity | Education:
St John's College, Cambridge (MA fil. nob. 1631)
Career:
Governor of Doncaster
Honours:
KB 1636
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Proposer | William Croone |
| RSActivity | Committee and panels:
Mechanical Committee (1664) |
| Relationships | Parents: Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, and Mary Mildmay
Married: Elizabeth Darcy (née West)
Children: ten overall |
| OtherInfo | Francis Fane was potentially (due to uncertainty around his identity, see Notes) affected by the siege of Lincoln Castle by Parliamentarian forces, which was led by the Earl of Manchster in 1644, and ended in the capture of Fane, along with multiple other officers and soldiers. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (son's entry); Venn
Notes:
The election date is Fane's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected and admitted into the Society on 1 October 1662.
Expelled 25 Oct 1682 (Notes and Records).
Hunter suggests FRS could be the dramatist Francis Fane (1635-1691) instead. Venn has a Francis Fane admitted to Emmanuel College Cambridge in 1653 and later admitted at Gray's Inn in 1655. |
| Code | NA4359 |