Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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British Army officer Scottish nobleman colonial American landowner landowner peer of Scotland

Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and landowner who controlled vast estates in colonial Virginia and played a significant role in the region’s early development.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → Scottish nobleman → colonial American landowner → landowner → peer of Scotland →
activity	land surveying and management in Virginia →
birthDate	1693-10-22 →
birthPlace	Kent, England → Leeds Castle →
burialPlace	Christ Church, Winchester, Virginia →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → Kingdom of Scotland →
deathDate	1781-12-09 →
deathPlace	Frederick County, Virginia → Greenway Court →
educatedAt	Oriel College, Oxford NERFINISHED → University of Oxford NERFINISHED →
employed	George Washington →
familyName	Fairfax →
father	Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron →
givenName	Thomas →
inherited	proprietary rights to the Northern Neck of Virginia →
inheritedFrom	Catherine Colepeper →
knownFor	being the only resident British peer in colonial America → employing George Washington as a surveyor → influencing early settlement patterns in the Shenandoah Valley → large-scale land grants in Virginia →
language	English →
memberOfNobleFamily	Fairfax family →
militaryRank	colonel →
mother	Catherine Colepeper →
nobleTitle	6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron →
notableWork	development of the Northern Neck Proprietary in Virginia →
owned	Northern Neck Proprietary → vast estates in colonial Virginia →
politicalAlignment	Loyalist sympathies during the American Revolutionary period →
regionOfActivity	Northern Neck, Virginia → Shenandoah Valley → colonial Virginia →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Greenway Court → Leeds Castle, Kent → Northern Neck, Virginia →
servedIn	British Army →
supported	House of Hanover →
timePeriod	18th century →
titleHeld	Lord Fairfax of Cameron →
titleHeldFrom	1719 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
City of Fairfax → City of Fairfax, Virginia → Fairfax County, Virginia → Fairfax Line → Fairfax Stone → Fairfax, Virginia →	namedAfter
Sir Thomas Fairfax ("Lord Fairfax of Cameron") →	alsoKnownAs
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ("Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron") →	father
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ("6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron") →	nobleTitle
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ("Lord Fairfax of Cameron") →	titleHeld