Charles Fanshawe (1643 - 1710)

Born 6 Feb 1643 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

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Died 28 Mar 1710 at age 67 in Suffolk Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Charles Fanshawe was born on 06 Feb 1642/1643 at Oxford, son of Sir Thomas Fanshawe and Elizabeth Cockayne.^[1][2]

He was baptised on 20 Sep 1643.^[3][4]

Charles was a co-Executor of the will of his mother Elizabeth Fanshawe, widow of the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Viscount Fanshawe, the will made on 25 Jul 1667 and proved on 14 May 1668.^[5]

He was also a co-Executor of the will of his brother Thomas Lord Viscount Fanshawe, the will made on 09 May 1674 and proved on 04 Jun 1674 and 01 Apr 1675.^[6]

He was noted in the will of his nephew Evelyn Lord Viscount Fanshawe, he having died in Aleppo, Syria, in 1687.^[7]

Charles succeeded his nephew Evelyn, as Viscount Fanshawe.^[2]

He refused the oath to William III and was committed to the Tower.^[4]

Charles, the 4th Viscount, died without issue in 1710, to be succeeded by his brother Simon.^[2][8]

"He died on 28 Mar 1710 at his house in Suffolk Street, and was buried at Ware"^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Fanshawe, Charles, 4th Visct. Fanshawe of Dromore [I] (1643-1710), of Suffolk Street, Westminster. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983 HOP.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} The Complete Peerage. Vol. V, 1926, p 256 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ The History of the Fanshawe Family. By H C Fanshawe. Privately Published, 1927, p 117 Internet Archive.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Visitation of England and Wales. Howard, J J and Crisp, F A (Eds). Notes Vol 6, 1906, p 161 Internet Archive.
5. ↑ Fanshawe Wills Part II. Communicated by Edward J Sage Esq. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Vol II, 1876, pp 338-358. Will of Elizabeth Fanshawe (see pp 346-347) Internet Archive.
6. ↑ Fanshawe Wills Part II. Communicated by Edward J Sage Esq. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Vol II, 1876, pp 338-358. Will of Thomas Lord Viscount Fanshawe (see pp 347-348) Internet Archive.
7. ↑ Fanshawe Wills Part II. Communicated by Edward J Sage Esq. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Vol II, 1876, pp 338-358. Will of Evelyn Lord Viscount Fanshawe (see pp 356-357 ) Internet Archive.
8. ↑ Burke, J and Burke, J B. A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. Second Edition 1841, p 76.

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