William Fairfax (died 1597)
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William Fairfax (died 1597)
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Sir William Fairfax, of Gilling Castle and Walton, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling, who he succeeded in 1571. He was knighted in 1560 and was a Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire from 1562 until his death. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Boroughbridge in 1558 and for Yorkshire in 1597. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1577–78 and a member of the Council in the North from 1577 to his death. When the Spanish A
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English politician
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2015-12-31T21:15:32Z
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2024-08-29T09:36:54Z
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