Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

The Right Honourable The Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 16 February 1977 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Incumbent
as an elected hereditary peer 26 November 2015
By-election	26 November 2015
Preceded by	The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
Personal details
Born	Nicholas John Albert Fairfax (1956-01-04) 4 January 1956 (age 68)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Annabella Ruth Morriss ​ ​ (m. 1982)​
Parent(s)	Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron Sonia Helen Gunston
Alma mater	Eton College Downing College

Nicholas John Albert Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (born 4 January 1956), is a Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician. He is the current (as of 2023) holder of the title of Lord Fairfax of Cameron, succeeding his father, Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, in 1964.

Early life and education

Nicholas John Albert Fairfax was born 4 January 1956, the eldest son of Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1923–1964), and his wife, Sonia Helen Gunston (1927–2017). Fairfax was educated at Eton and Downing College, Cambridge (LLB in International Law), is a barrister and was called to the Bar following becoming a member of Gray's Inn (1977).^[1]

Career

Lord Fairfax's directorships of several companies are as follows: Thomas Miller P and I, and Thomas Miller Defence, 1987–1990; Sedgwick Marine & Cargo Ltd, 1995–1996; British-Georgian Soc. Ltd, 2006; Sovcomflot (UK) Ltd, since 2005; Sovcomflot, 2007. He is Patron of AMUR Tiger and Leopard Charity, 2006. He is a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Shipwrights' Company.

He was a member of the House of Lords first from 1977 to 1999. In November 2015, he was elected to return to the House at a Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, following the death of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (1926–2015).^[2]

In 2020, Lord Fairfax endorsed Justin Fairfax, Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia, in his bid for Governor in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election. Lt. Gov. Fairfax's great-great-great-grandfather was a slave manumitted by Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.^[3]

Personal life

In 1982, he married Annabella Ruth Morriss (born 13 January 1957), eldest daughter of Nicholas and of Sarah Gilham Morriss, of Newmarket, by whom he has three sons:^[1]

• Hon. Edward Nicholas Thomas Fairfax, Master of Fairfax (born 20 September 1984)^[1]
• Hon. John Frederick Anthony Fairfax (born 27 June 1986)^[1]
• Hon. Rory Henry Francis Fairfax (born 21 May 1991)^[1]

His heir apparent to the title is his eldest son, the Hon. Edward Nicholas Thomas Fairfax.

References

External links

• Lord Fairfax's listing at Burke's Peerage BROKEN LINK
• Debrett's People of Today^{[permanent dead link]}