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Merit, indeed!…We are come to a pretty pass if they talk of merit for a bishopric.
John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland
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John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland
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Born:
June 1, 1759
Died:
December 15, 1841
(aged 82)
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John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland styled Lord Burghersh between 1771 and 1774, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who served in most of the cabinets of the period, primarily as Lord Privy Seal.
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