John Contee Fairfax, 11th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (September 18, 1830 – September 25, 1900) was an American man who de facto held a Scottish peerage.
John Contee Fairfax was born at Vaucluse, Virginia, the second son of Albert Fairfax (April 15, 1802 – May 9, 1835) and Caroline Eliza Snowden (April 21, 1812 – December 28, 1899), who were married on April 7, 1828.
They had the following children: He died at age 70 in his country home Northampton, in Prince George's County, Maryland.
At the time of his death he was the only American citizen to be considered a member of the British peerage.
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