The Fairfax, later Ramsay-Fairfax, later Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy Baronetcy, of The Holmes in the

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, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 March 1836 for Henry Fairfax, in honour of his father, Vice Admiral Sir William George Fairfax. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Ramsay in 1876, which was the

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of his maternal grandmother. The third Baronet assumed by

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the additional surname of Lucy in 1892 after his marriage to Ada Christina Lucy, daughter and heiress of Henry Spencer Lucy. In 1921 he added by Royal licence the additional surname of Cameron, making this quadruple-barrelled name a notable example of the British tradition of concatenated surnames. The sixth Baronet was the husband of

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in the village of

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came into the Fairfax family through the marriage of the third Baronet to Ada Christina Lucy. The previous owners of Charlecote Park, the Lucy family, had become extinct in the male line. In the 20th century the family fell on harder times and they gave Charlecote Park to the

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. The Lords Fairfax of Cameron are members of another branch of the Fairfax family.

Fairfax, later Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy baronets, of The Holmes (1836)

* Sir Henry Fairfax, 1st Baronet (1790–1860) * Sir William George Herbert Taylor Ramsay-Fairfax, 2nd Baronet (1831–1902) * Sir Henry William Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 3rd Baronet (1870–1944) * Sir Henry Montgomerie Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, MC, 4th Baronet (1896–1965) * Sir Brian Fulke Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 5th Baronet (1898–1974) * Sir Edmund John William Hugh Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 6th Baronet (1945–2020) * Sir Patrick Samuel Thomas Fulke Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 7th Baronet (1995–)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy Baronets

Fairfax, later Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy baronets, of The Holmes (1836)

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