The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
AMERICANCLAIMS TITLE
THE DESCENDANT WANTS HIS RIoHTs OF LORD FAIRFAX.
Albert Fairfax Sends Petition to England to Secure the Estates
 of the Earl of
 Culpepper.
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 rlarence Cary of the law firm of Cary & Whittridge, New York. has ar rived in London for the purpose of pre- senting the claim of Albert Fairfax of New York City to the English peerage under the title of Lord Fairfax. Earl of Culpepper. This peerage was created in 1927. and the fifth Lord Fairfax left his home and estates in Scotland in 1722 for America because he was disappoint ed in love. and, as he believed. badly treated by the members of his family. By an arrangement with the crown he secured a patent for a tract of over 5000. .Oeo acres of land in Virginia, and was the richest man in all the colonies in his day. He was. the friend of Washington and employed the future Father of His Country in surveying. His manor house was near Mount Ver- non. Lord Fairfax, however. died without children, and his property was inherited by his brother, William Fair fax. who married Sally Cary, The Lowland Beauty" who tilted Wash ington. They had no children. and when William Fairfax died. Robert, his younger brother. came into the title and estate. From him the Fairfaxs of the United States are descended, During the revolutionary war the title was held by Rev. Bryan Fairfax, who was rector of Christ's Church, Alexan- dria, of which Washington was ves- tryman. He sympathized with the colonies, was intimate with Washing ton and contributed money as well as prayers for the cause of the rebels.
 From him after two generations was Erof fHfo Nuh hn n- titled to a place in the English peerage, but did not care to claim 1t. He lived in Washington, where he practiced medicine and was in high professional repute until the Civil War broke out, when his sympathies with the Con- 5federacy caused him to be ostracised He lost his patients and iris friends, and picking up what money he had, bought a secluded plantation in Mary land and lived there until a year ago when he wae called to his last account pr. Fairfax left two sons and several daughters. Albert, the elder. Is . clerk in a banking house in New York City, and having social aspirations, de- sires to recover for the benefit of him self and his posterity the title and privileges that belong to the Br4tieh peerage. He had prepared a petition to King Edward VII. askinKy recogpi tfon as Lord Fairfax, EaA Qf ,Culpeps per. Ahundanbfestimony has si been taken before Lord Pauncefote, at the British embassy in Washington, to prove his descent from Robert. the brother of the original Lord Fairfax and the claim Is not questioned. MT. Fairfax Is. however, an American citi- zen, and will be required to take out naturalization papers in @nsland ir case his application Is favorably con sidered. 9ce.s
 The petition must first be presented to the King, who will send 1t to the House of Lords, where 1t will be refer red to the appropriate. committee which, in time. will make a report, and if adopted and approved by the King will restore the name of Lerd Fairfax to the list of peers. His fathers, name is given in Burke's PeeraEea as,5hf eleventh Baron of Fairfax. rteiIlfy
 Being Scotch title the new Lord Fairfax will be compelled to come oyei and meet the other thirty-six Scottish peers at Holyrood Castle and secure their assent as we'll as that of the King, because only by their vote car he be admitted to the House of Lords at London. Nor can the King receive him in public audience until after the Scottish Lords have passed upon his title. '.'