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George William Fairfax (January 2, 1724 – April 3, 1787) was a planter in colonial Virginia who represented then-vast Frederick County and later Fairfax County in the House of Burgesses before the American Revolutionary War, by which time he had returned to England (where he was a Loyalist).
William Fairfax (1691–1757) was a political appointee of the British Crown in several colonies as well as a planter and politician in the Colony of Virginia.Fairfax served as Collector of Customs in Barbados, Chief Justice and governor of the Bahamas; and Customs agent in Marblehead, Massachusetts, before being reassigned to the Colony of Virginia.
William Green's 1669 patent for 1,150 acres (4.7 km 2) encompassed most of the peninsula between Dogue Creek and Accotink Creek, along the Potomac River.Although this property was sub-divided and sold in the early 18th century, it was reassembled during the 1730s to create the central portion of Col. William Fairfax's 2,200-acre (8.9 km 2) plantation of Belvoir Manor.
Fairfax sold Towlston Grange to George Washington for £82.10. [4] He moved to Mount Eagle (plantation), (south of Hunting Creek, and Alexandria), where he lived from 1790, until his death. Upon the death of his cousin Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron in 1793, Bryan inherited the title of eighth Lord Fairfax of Cameron.
After their marriage, Sally and George William moved into the Belvoir estate, which had been established in the early 1740s, by his father Col. William Fairfax. The Fairfax family, as the Carys, was a living remnant of European feudalism and English aristocracy. Fairfax family members generally held the reins of social and political power in ...
The main house was a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber structure with long sloping roofs and corbelled brick chimneys. It was originally intended to house the land steward, but Fairfax occupied it with his nephew, Thomas Bryan Martin, until he died in 1781. Fairfax employed a young George Washington on his extensive land holdings as a surveyor. [4]
The Fairfax family lived at Belvoir for over 30 years, but eldest son (and heir) George William Fairfax sailed to England on business in 1773, never to return. The manor home was destroyed by fire in 1783. The ruins of the Belvoir Mansion and the nearby Fairfax family grave site are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sir William George Fairfax (8 March 1739 – 7 November 1813) was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and the progenitor of the Fairfax Baronets. His most notable service was as Admiral Adam Duncan 's flag captain on board HMS Venerable during the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.