Henry Fane of Wormsley

Henry Fane (16 October 1703 – 31 May 1777), of Wormsley near Watlington, Oxfordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1757 to 1777.

[1] His grandfather was Francis Fane, a Restoration dramatist[2] He was appointed one of the chief clerks of the Board of Treasury in 1742 and held the post until July 1764.

Fane's two brothers Thomas and Francis represented Lyme Regis in Parliament.

Following the death of Francis, Fane was returned unopposed as MP for Lyme Regis at a by-election on 13 June 1757.

On 16 May 1764 he resigned his post as clerk to the Privy Council, apparently in frustration at receiving no further advancement through the political system.

He married Anne Wynne, daughter of Dr. John Wynne, late bishop of Bath and Wells, with whom he had one daughter, Mary, who on 27 November 1765, married Sir Thomas Stapleton, of Grey's-court in Oxfordshire, Bart, (see Stapleton baronets), and was mother of Lord le Despencer (see Baron le Despencer).