there are actually four lord fairfaxes mentioned in this article you have martin's grandfather th lord fairfax his uncle th lord fairfax his other uncle th lord fairfax and cousin th lord fairfax since the majority of this article deals with his uncle the th lord fairfax i've tried to disambiguate as best i can in the prose i've stated martin's uncle thomas fairfax th lord fairfax of cameron known as lord fairfax owned the northern neck proprietary land grant which he had inherited from martin's great grandfather thomas colepeper nd baron colepeper in the th lord fairfax was known as lord fairfax so i've tried to start this out in the prose so that the reader will know it refers to the th lord fairfax in the lede i've rendered the sentence as raised in humble surroundings in england martin relocated to virginia in to assist his uncle thomas fairfax th lord fairfax of cameron known as lord fairfax in administering the northern neck proprietary which encompassed up to let me know if this works talk