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Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1736–1802) was a lifelong friend of George Washington who became the first American-born holder of a British peerage. ==Biography== Bryan Fairfax was the son of Col. William Fairfax (1691–1757) of Belvoir and Deborah Clarke (1707–1747). Bryan Fairfax lived at Belvoir, as a young man, with father Col. William Fairfax, business agent for his cousin, Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. William's son, George William and Sally Fairfax also lived there, and were close neighbors to George Washington's Mount Vernon. George Washington as a young man, with his brother Lawrence Washington, visited the Fairfax family at Belvoir often; Lord Fairfax employed Washington to join a surveying team of his western lands, in the valley of Virginia.〔http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/washington.html〕 In 1754, Bryan Fairfax clerked for his brother-in-law, John Carlyle, in Alexandria, Virginia, and was appointed as a deputy clerk for Fairfax County. Bryan Fairfax served as a lieutenant in George Washington's militia regiment, in George Mercer's company early in the French and Indian War, but he resigned his commission in 1756.〔 After a whirlwind social scene in Westmoreland and Essex County, John Carlyle, caught up with him in the Annapolis gaol, and brought him back to Belvoir, in 1757. Bryan Fairfax married Elizabeth Cary, sister of Sally Cary Fairfax, in 1759.〔 They had three children: William, (died in infancy), Thomas (1762–1846), and Ferdinando (1766–1820). George Washington and Martha Washington traveled to Towlston Grange to stand as godparents for Fedinando. Brian Fairfax lived at Greenhill (Accotink Creek and Back Road, now Telegraph Road) from 1760 - 1765. He then lived at Towlston Grange (Difficult Run and Leesburg Pike, now Route 7) from 1768 - 1790, and finally at Mount Eagle until his death. Bryan Fairfax served as a justice for Fairfax County at the same time as Washington. He was an avid foxhunter, and he and Washington often rode together. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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