death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
9 december 1781 greenway court , virginia , usa leeds castle , kent , england british october 22 , 1693 peer of scotland northern neck proprietary thomasfairfax6th.jpg thomas fairfax , 6th lord fairfax of cameron
 thomas fairfax , 6th lord fairfax of cameron estate lord baron
thomas fairfax , 6th lord fairfax of cameron

thomas fairfax , 6th lord fairfax of cameron -lrb- october 22 , 1693december 9 , 1781 -rrb- was the son of thomas fairfax , 5th lord fairfax of cameron and of catherine , daughter of thomas colepeper , 2nd baron colepeper .
the only resident peer in late colonial america , fairfax administered his vast northern neck proprietary -- a virginia land grant dating back to 1649 -- from his wilderness estate at greenway court , virginia .
various place names in northern virginia and the eastern panhandle of west virginia are named for himmost notably fairfax county , virginia .
