Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Fane, General Sir Henry

by Joseph Foster

Fane, General Sir Henry, G.C.B., created D.C.L. 13 Jan., 1834, colonel 1st dragoon guards 1827, commander-in-chief East Indies 1839, A.D.C. to the King 1805, commanded brigade in Portugal 1808-9, and a brigade of cavalry 1810, served at Talavera, Busaçoa, etc., etc., commanded the cavalry in France 1814, served at the battle of Orthes, Aire, and Toulouse, colonel 2nd light dragoons July and Aug., 1814, of 4th dragoon guards Aug., 1814-27, general in the army 1837, K.C.B. 1815, G.C.B. 1826, M.P. Lyme Regis 1802-18, Sandwich 1829-30, Hastings, 1830-1 (son of Hon. Henry Fane), died 24 March, 1840. See Foster's Peerage.