Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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Nicholas John Albert Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (born 4 January 1956) is the current (as of 2015) holder of the title of Lord Fairfax of Cameron, succeeding Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1923–64).

Fairfax, educated at Eton and Downing College, Cambridge (LLB in International Law), is a barrister and was called to the Bar following becoming a member of Gray's Inn (1977).

Lord Fairfax's directorships of several companies are as follows: Thomas Miller P and I, and Thomas Miller Defence, 1987–90; Sedgwick Marine & Cargo Ltd, 1995–96; British-Georgian Soc. Ltd, 2006; Sovcomflot (UK) Ltd, since 2005; Sovcomflot, 2007. He is Patron of AMUR Tiger and Leopard Charity, 2006. He is a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Shipwrights' Company.

He was a member of the House of Lords first from 1977 to 1999. In November 2015, he was elected to return to the House at a Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, following the death of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.[1]

In 1982, he married Annabel, elder daughter of late Nicholas and of Sarah Gilham Morriss, of Newmarket,[disambiguation needed] by whom he has three sons. His heir apparent to the title is his eldest son, Hon Edward Nicholas Thomas Fairfax, born 20 September 1984.

Ancestry

Family of Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Albert Fairfax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. John Fairfax, 11th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Caroline Snowden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Edward Kirby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Mary Kirby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. James McKelvie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Maude McKelvie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Thomas Gunston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Bernard Gunston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Marion Wilson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Cecil Gunston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. William Wellesley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Ethel Wellesley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Jane Hayden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Sonia Gunston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Hariot Rowan-Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Lady Doris Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. John Davis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Florence Davis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Lord Fairfax of Cameron
1964–present		 Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, November 2015
  • Who's Who 2008

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