Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
- Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Robert Fairfax (1707-1793), 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, died at Leeds Castle, England, which he inherited from his mother Catharine, daughter of Thomas Culpeper, 2nd Baron Culpeper of Thoresway.
His title and immense domain, that he inherited in 1781, consisting of 5,282,000 acres (21,380 km²), was in possession of Lord Thomas Fairfax during the American Revolutionary War, but it was confiscated during the hostilities, by the Virginia Act of 1779. Robert Fairfax was awarded ₤13,758 in 1792, by Act of Parliament for the relief of American Loyalists.
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