William Fane de Salis (businessman)

William Andreas Salius Fane de Salis (27 October 1812 – 3 August 1896) was a British businessman, colonialist, and barrister.

[2] Born in St. Marylebone, Westminster, and brought up in County Louth he was educated at Eton, Heidelberg University, and Oriel College, Oxford, where he took a fourth-class degree in classics.

[citation needed] Fane de Salis visited Australia in 1842, 1844 and 1848 to pursue business opportunities in the Australian wool and other industries, then rapidly expanding.

[citation needed] On his return to England, de Salis joined the Grand Junction Canal Company in 1850 and held the following appointments: In the early 1850s Fane de Salis lived between the Jerusalem Coffee House; Dawley Lodge (near Hillingdon); 1 Upper Belgrave Street; 24 Wilton Street, and 107 Eaton Square.

[citation needed] He left Dawley Court to his youngest brother's second son, Cecil Fane De Salis.