The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16
Tilted by His Lady Love He Made
Himself an Exile.
BUILT PALACE In THE VALLEY
\, BeIyoir Tie Dispensed Splendid Hospi'
tally to the Gentry Of the Time-'iis
Latee Home Was Greenway Court.
and There lie Died.
1snoc,.l pispatch to The Timcs.)

WINCHESTER, VA. March 15.-Onc
hundred and twenty years ago-March II
s7Sa-there passed away a man who was
nne of the most conspicuous hSures III
that. history making pcriod-a man VINO
Knew ard who was known by all the great
men of this section of the then suussiiiS
colonies, but whose memory, II seems
,,as fallen like an autumn leaf. How
many of this generation are acquainted
with the life Of Thomas, Baron OF cam
cron. the sixth lord of the House of Fair
fax. other than occasionally hearing MN
,.aferrod 10 as "old Lord Fairfax Oh
I,reenway Court?" Some know that such
~ person once existed, but 1t Is not Proo-
able that more than a few OIL tna People
pf this day are aware of the lact tiial
his was one OF the most romantic ilVes
ever spent on Virginia soil. In ms ca
,,eer were incidents which would cause
.nany a man to grab the "bare pouhii
or any other ready method by winch ne
could make his quietus. Yet this ola
English lord lived here for many years
after his heart had been crushed.
About seyenty-twe years ago, while re-
nairs were being made at Leeds Castle
an old broken chest was carried away by
a moor shoemaker, who 1ound III IT,
among some Dutch titles, a number OIL
Darcilments and letters. and, not being
.ble to appreciate their value cut some
OF them up into measuring strips. Many
OF the letters were given to Maidstone
millincrS as winders for their thread. y
student OF history. however. discovered
what remained of Some of the papers
Ind complied several volumes OF ~ air
fax Correspondence" which formed a
t,tlrablc compendium Of the Civil War, in
(which the F'airfaXcs played important
narts. 1t was Charles / who created the
a!tle of Lord Fairfax, Baron OF Cameron
an 1925 after Sir Thomas, Of Denton. had
refused a title from King James. TO
,xhom ne had been sent by Queen Eliza
beth to arrange negotiation.
The name Fairfax being of Saxon origin,
As said to have been derived from an an
cestor who had fair hair. bat whether
..fair fax mean light hair or not in the
Saxon Language is not essentially impor-
Yant. However, the Yorkshire chronicles
a,,ye long REGARDED them as an ancient
Saxon family.
The fifth Lord Fairfax was handsome
md extraNagant. and was a colonel in
..1,,e Kings Own" as we'll as member
of Parliament from York He married
fhe .ai, and accomplished Catherine Cole
neper.: daughter of Lord Colepeper. and
this marriage was the beginning OF the
SiSinteCyatl0n Oh the 80 loAAs
Tho fair Catherine Inherited not only
Leeds Castle and estates in Kent and
elsewhere. but rights in the Northern I'm
Neck of Virginia. compIasing e1sAVN
scres Of the finest land on the globe. Lord
Fairfax. the Fifth. died in 1ai0. leaving
his family in q bad financial state
Thomas was the eldest OF three brothers
md four sisters
lie was born in 1892 at Denton, 1oih, n,
shire. England. and in ITO he graduated
MT Oriel College. Oxford. He became in
tin,ato with such writers rs Steele and
Addison and wrote for the Spectator unter
..My Lords" pen. Young Thomas. then
hixth lord. was imposed upon by
his mother. whose cxtravasence led her
To sell Denton and her youngest sons IN
i,eritance .n Yorkshire. Finding her Kent
fsh estate involved. she compelled the
young lord to acauiesce in the sale
fhroughsa threat from his grandmother.
Lady C5lAoapnsr, of being deprived of
his Northern Neck estates.
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