Colonel Francis William Henry Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland CB, DL (19 November 1825 – 3 August 1891), styled Lord Burghersh between 1851 and 1859, was a British Army Officer and racehorse owner.

He also participated in the Crimean War, being awarded the Medjidie and the Légion d'honneur on 30 April 1857, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 10 July 1855.

He served under Lord Gough in the following winter, received a medal for bravery at the Battle of Gujrat on 21 February 1849, and obtained his majority on 7 June 1849.

He received the Crimea Medal and the fifth-class Order of Medjidié on 2 March 1858, and in 1856 became aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cambridge.

From this time he became a member of the Jockey Club and a racehorse owner, colours green with white braid.

They had four children: He was succeeded by his second but only surviving son, Anthony,[3] who was forced to sell the family seat, Apethorpe Hall in 1904.