Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . rfax, 1730; d. inMonteagle, Va., inAugust, 1802, wasthe third son ofSir William Fair-fax, and a life-longfriend of Washing-ton, notwithstand-ing their politicaldifferences. In 1789he became an Epis-copal clergyman,and presently tookcharge of the parishat Alexandria, Roberts deathin 1793, the title tothe Scottish peeragedescended to him,and his claim wasrecognized as valid by the house of lords in 1800,but he never asserted it.—His son, Thomas, some-times called ninth Lord Fairfax, b. in 1762, d. atVaucluse, Fairfax co., Va., 21 April,
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . rfax, 1730; d. inMonteagle, Va., inAugust, 1802, wasthe third son ofSir William Fair-fax, and a life-longfriend of Washing-ton, notwithstand-ing their politicaldifferences. In 1789he became an Epis-copal clergyman,and presently tookcharge of the parishat Alexandria, Roberts deathin 1793, the title tothe Scottish peeragedescended to him,and his claim wasrecognized as valid by the house of lords in 1800,but he never asserted it.—His son, Thomas, some-times called ninth Lord Fairfax, b. in 1762, d. atVaucluse, Fairfax co., Va., 21 April, 1846, livedon his Potomac estates. He married Miss eldest son, Albert, died during the life-time of his father.—Alberts son, Charles Snow-den, b. in Vaucluse, 8 March, 1829; d. in Balti-more, 7 April, 1869, was speaker of the Californiahouse of representatives in 1854, and clerk of thesupreme court of that state from 1857 till was chairman of the California delegation tothe Democratic national convention held in New. FAIRFIELD FAIEMAN 403 York in July, 18G8.—Another son, John Contee, ?eleventh representative of the title, b. 13 Sept.,1830, is a physician, residing at Northampton,Prince George co., Md.—Bryans great-grandson,Donald McNeill, naval officer, b. in Virginia, 10 Aug., 1822, became a midshipman, 12 Aug.,1837, served under Dupont on the west coast ofMexico and California during the Mexican war,and was at the capture of several towns. Jle waspromoted to a lieutenancy, 20 Feb., 1851, made com-mander, 16 July, 1802, and served on the Cayuga,of the west gulf squadron, from June, 1802, tillFebruary, 1803, under Farragut, when he wastransferred to the command of the steamers Nan-tucket and Montauk. of the South Atlanticsquadron, in which he made several attacks on thedefences of Charleston harbor, under Dupontand Dahlgren. In 1804—5 he was in command ofthe naval academy, promoted to a captaincy, 25July, 1800, served on the flag-ship Rhode Isla
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