Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron | |
|---|---|
Fairfax in 1946 | |
| Born | Thomas Brian McKelvie Fairfax 14 May 1923 |
| Died | 8 April 1964 (aged 40) London, England |
| Spouse |
Sonia Helen Gunston (m. 1951) |
| Parent(s) | Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron Maude Wishart McKelvie |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 1945–1958 Scottish representative peer | |
Thomas Brian McKelvie Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (14 May 1923 – 8 April 1964) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician.
Career
He served in World War II as a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. In 1945, he was elected a Scottish representative peer, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord President of the Council (Lord Woolton and Lord Salisbury respectively) from 1951 to 1953 and to the Minister of Materials (Lord Woolton) between 1953 and 1954. In 1954 he was made a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords), a post he held until 1957.
Personal life
In 1951, Lord Fairfax of Cameron married Sonia Helen Gunston, younger daughter of Cecil Bernard Gunston, MC, and his wife Lady Doris Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood. Lady Doris was the eldest daughter of Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. They had:
- Serena Frances Fairfax
- Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, who married Annabel Morriss, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Gilham Morriss
- Hugh Nigel Thomas Fairfax
- Rupert Alexander James Fairfax
He died in April 1964, aged 40, and was succeeded by his eight-year-old son, Nicholas. In 1967, his widow Lady Fairfax of Cameron was appointed Temporary Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.
See also
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page