For other people named William Fairfax, see William Fairfax (disambiguation).
William Fairfax
Member of the Governor's Council
In office 16 April 1744 – 1757
Member of the House of Burgesses representing Fairfax and Prince William County, Virginia
In office 1742–1744
Serving with Lawrence Washington
Preceded by
Valentine Peyton
Succeeded by
John Colville
Personal details
Born
1691 (1691) London, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died
1757(1757-00-00) (aged 65–66) Fairfax, Colony of Virginia, British America
Spouses
unknown first wife
Sarah Walker
Deborah Clarke
Parent(s)
Henry Fairfax and Anne Harrison Fairfax[1]
Relatives
Midshipman Thomas Fairfax Lt. Billy Fairfax George William Fairfax Bryan Fairfax (sons)
William Fairfax (1691–1757) was a political appointee of the British Crown in several colonies as well as a planter and politician in the Colony of Virginia. Fairfax served as Collector of Customs in Barbados, Chief Justice and governor of the Bahamas; and Customs agent in Marblehead, Massachusetts, before being reassigned to the Colony of Virginia.[1]
In the Virginia Colony, Fairfax acted as a land agent for his cousin's vast holdings in the colony's northeast corner, known as the Northern Neck Proprietary. Also a tobacco planter himself, Fairfax was elected to the House of Burgesses representing King William County within the proprietary, which he helped split so that Fairfax County was created. Appointed to the Governor's Council, he rose to become its president (effectively the colony's lieutenant governor). Fairfax also commissioned the construction of his plantation called Belvoir in what became Fairfax County to honor his family.
^ abBruce Ragsdale. "William Fairfax". Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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