Colonel William Vere Reeve King-Fane OBE JP DL (born Fane; 29 October 1868 – 5 November 1943) was an English local politician, magistrate and landowner, who served as vice-chairman of Kesteven County Council and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire.
[4] On 16 May 1895, Fane married Helen Beatrice (died 1962), second daughter of Thomas Holdsworth Newman (and granddaughter of Martin Tucker Smith by his daughter Elizabeth Laura), and had issue:[2][5] In 1920 he changed his surname by Royal Licence to King-Fane on inheriting the Ashby Hall estate in Ashby de la Launde.
[7] He was commissioned a captain in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment on 11 November 1897,[8] and saw active service with this unit in the Second Boer War in South Africa.
[9] During World War I, Fane was lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd training battalion stationed in Grimsby, before retiring in 1918 with the rank of Brevet Colonel.
Although Fulbeck Hall had been his home for many years, King-Fane and his wife lived at the George Hotel in Grantham after the beginning of World War II.