The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-03-13
A Prince Georgian at King
Edwards Court.

Edwards Court.
A cablegram from London states that
Lord Fairfax, of New York, an American
by birth, a Scotsman by title and an Eng
lisnman by domicile, baron, banker and
bachelor, was, on Monday last, presented
to King Edward, of whose realm he is
peer, but of whom he is not subject.
The presentation was made by Lord
Kinnaird, and the King was much inter
ested as the young mans status was ex-
planned to him.
Albert Kirby Fairfax, the Lord Fairfax,
Baron of Cameron, who was presented to
King Edward, was born in 1870. His
father. DR.. John Fairfax, of Iceland,
Prince Georges county, Md. who died
sometime ago, was the undisputed elev-
enth Baron Fairfax, but he had such an
utter disdain for all things pertaining to
royalty that he never made capital Of his
position, nor took any apparent interest
in the royal happenings in England.
Not so with the present Baron Fairfax.
This young man, whose mother still re-
sides in Prince Georges county, employ
ed attorneys shortly after the death Of his
father to formally lay claim =. the title
This has been practically accomplished,
as the young man was formally bid to at
tend the coronation.
The title of Baron Fairfax was created
in 1927, and the fifth Lord Fairfax left his
home and estates in Scotland in 1922 for
America, because lie was disappointed in
love and believed himself i'll treated by
the members of his family. By an arrange
ment with the crown he secured grant Of
land in what was then included in Fir
ginia, amounting to 100000 acres. On
this a palatial home for those days was
built and Lord Fairfax became a power
as the wealthiest man in the colon les.
He was the friend of Washington and
employed the latter for survey work, a
of the Father of His Country. The seat
of the Fairfax family was near to Mount
Vernon, and was a gathering place for
the gentry of the time, maintaining a
reputation for notable hospitality.
Lord Fairfax died without children and
his property was inherited by his brother,
William Fairfax, who married Sally Cary,
''the Lowland Beauty" of whom it is told
that she Tilted Washington This couple
had no children, and when William Fair
fax died Robert his younger brother, came
into the title and estate. From him the
Fairfaxes of the United States are descen-
died. During the Revolutionary War the
title was held by Rev. Bryan Fairfax, who
was rector of Christ's Church, Alexandria,
of which Washington was vestryman.
He sympathized with the colonies, was an
intimate friend of Washington and con-
tributed generously from his private
purse toward the cause of liberty.
From him, after two generations, was
descended John Fairfax, who was entitl-
ed to place in the English peerage, but
did not care to claim it. He lived in
Washington, where previous to the out
break of the war he was in high profess
ional repute. On the outbreak of the war
however his sympathies went to the South
M..n lhe result that lie was practically
stracised in the circles in which he had
moved and his practice fell away sadly
Deciding to leave Washington after these
misfortunes he bought the place in Mary
land, not far from the District, where he
spent the remainder of his life in quiet
pursuits, a country gentleman of delight
full personality, with no ambition to herald
himself Earl of Culpeper, but eminently
proud of being an American citizen
DR.. Fairfax left two sons aud three
daughters.
One daughter, Josephine, married, Mr..
Tunstall Smith, of Baltimore.
When the Coronation plans were pub
lished in America young Fairfax decided
to go over to En- gland and claim his rights
to be present at the browning of King
Edward and ear the robes and coronet Of
a baron, though without taking the oath
Of allegiance to the British monarch. The
situation was unique, but the equity Of
the application was undeniable, and Lord
Fairfax's demand was granted.
Since that time he has resided in Lon
don.
WORKING OyertimcS.