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penses so much within the income of his English estates, 

 that he was able occasionally to send large sums to the 

 government agent, for the use and benefit of the American 

 prisoners. He died at Bath, generally lamented on account 

 of his many virtues and accomplishments, on the 3d of 

 April 1787, in the sixty-third year of his age; and was buried 

 in Writhlington church, in the county of Somerset, a few 

 miles distant from that city. He left a widow, a very 

 amiable lady, of distinguished merit, in great affluence; 

 who has ever since resided in Bath. Having no issue, he 

 bequeathed his Virginia estates to Ferdinando, the second 

 son of his half-brother Brian, the present Lord Fairfax. 



Thomas, second son of William Fairfax, by Sarah Walker, 

 and own brother to the above, entered into the navy; and 

 was killed in an action in the East Indies on the 26th of 

 June 1746. He was esteemed one of the handsomest men 

 of his age. The following inscription to his memory was 

 written by his disconsolate father, a few hours after he had 

 received the melancholy account of his death: 



"To the memory of Mr. Thomas Fairfax, second son of 

 "William Fairfax, Esquire; who died, fighting in his coun- 

 try's cause, on board the Harwich ship of war, in an en- 

 "gagement with Monsieur Bourdenaye, commander of a 

 "French squadron on the Indian coast, the z6th day of 

 "June 1746, and in the twenty-first year of his age; beloved 

 "of his commander, Captain Carteret, and highly favoured 

 "by his friend Commodore Barnet, for his politeness of 

 "manners. He was a comely personage; of undoubted 

 "bravery; skilled in the theory of the profession; excelled 

 "by few as a naval draughtsman; and gave early promises, 

 "by a pregnant genius and diligent application, of a con- 



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