page_title: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Denton Hall, nr Denton, North Yorkshire, once home of the Fairfax family
context_page_description: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron MP was an English nobleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1648. He was a commander in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
  He should not be confused with his better known son, Thomas Fairfax, who commanded the New Model Army.
context_section_description: He was born in Yorkshire, the eldest son of Ellen Aske and Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron, whom Charles I in 1627 created Lord Fairfax of Cameron in the Peerage of Scotland and received a military education in the Netherlands. Two of his brothers were Henry Fairfax and Charles Fairfax. Four others were killed on military service overseas.
caption: Denton Hall today
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