Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was an 18th-century American-born clergyman and nobleman who became a close friend of George Washington and the first American resident to inherit a British peerage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
nobleman
peer of Scotland
activity served as a clergyman in Virginia
aristocraticTitleType Scottish lordship
associatedWith Mount Vernon
Virginia colonial elite
burialPlace Virginia
closeFriendOf George Washington
continentOfResidence North America
correspondedWith George Washington
countryOfCitizenship British America
Great Britain
ethnicGroup English Americans
familyName Fairfax
friendOf Martha Washington
gender male
givenName Bryan
historicalPeriod 18th century
knownFor friendship with George Washington
languageSpoken English
legalStatusOfTitle hereditary peerage
loyalty Church of England
Great Britain
memberOf Fairfax family
nobleFamily Fairfax family
nobleTitle 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
notableEvent inheritance of the title Lord Fairfax of Cameron while resident in America
notableFor being the first American resident to inherit a British peerage
occupation Anglican clergyman
peerage Peerage of Scotland
politicalContext American Revolutionary era
positionHeld Lord Fairfax of Cameron
region Thirteen Colonies
relative George William Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
religion Anglicanism
residence Fairfax County, Virginia
Mount Eagle (plantation)
Virginia
socialClass landed gentry
sphereOfInfluence colonial Virginia society
titleInheritedFrom Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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Fairfax family hasNotableMember Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Earl of Fairfax hasTitleHolder Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron