Henry Fane (died 1706)

His aunt, Rachel, Countess Dowager of Bath, purchased for him the estate of Basildon House in Berkshire in 1656 and secured him his KB (one of the 23) at the coronation of Charles II on 23 April 1661.

Other awards and posts included: In May 1690 he was granted a valuable lease of land at the end of Duke street adjoining St. James's Park.

He married, licence dated 28 April 1668, Elizabeth (baptised Barnstaple 9 February 1650 - buried Basildon 15 December 1724), daughter of the late Thomas Southcott of Exeter, the younger son of Richard Southcott, of Calwoodley (Calverleigh), near Tiverton, Devon.

His eldest son Henry Bourchier Fane was killed in a duel by Elizeus Burges, who later was British Resident in Venice.

The third son George (d. 1709) was a Captain in the Royal Navy and died a commander of HMS Lowestoffe (launched 1697) in the harbour of New York.

Rachael Fane, Countess Dowager of Bath. Fane's guardian, benefactrice and aunt