Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

The Right Honourable The Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Born	22 October 1693 Leeds Castle, Kent, England
Died	9 December 1781(1781-12-09) (aged 88) Greenway Court, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford
Parent(s)	Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Catherine Colepeper
Military career
Allegiance	Great Britain (1721–1733)
Service/branch	British Army (1721–1733)
Unit	Royal Horse Guards

Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (22 October 1693 – 9 December 1781) was a British peer, military officer and planter. The only member of the British peerage to reside in Britain's North American colonies, Fairfax owned the Northern Neck Proprietary in the Colony of Virginia, where he spent the majority of his life. The proprietary had been granted to Fairfax's ancestor John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper by Charles II of England in 1649.

On his Virginian estates, Fairfax developed a profitable operation based on the forced labour of several hundred Black slaves. A steadfast Loyalist during the American Revolution, he was largely protected from the loss of his property due to Fairfax's friendship with George Washington. Several places in Northern Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia are named for him, including Fairfax County, Virginia and the City of Fairfax.^[1]