Charles Fanshawe, 4th Viscount Fanshawe’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro English politician
Was Politician 
From United Kingdom 
Type Politics 
Gender male
Birth 6 February 1643
Death 28 March 1710, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom
(aged 67 years)
Star sign Aquarius
Family
Father: Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe 
Siblings: Thomas Fanshawe2nd Viscount FanshaweHenry Fanshawe

Charles Fanshawe, 4th Viscount Fanshawe (1643-1710) was an Irish Peer and Member of the House of Commons. He was the third surviving son of Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe and his second wife, Elizabeth Cockayne.

Career

In 1667, Fanshawe was involved in the peace talks ending the Second Anglo-Dutch War, which were held at Breda. He later received a commission, serving as a captain in the regiment of Lord Alington in 1678.

From 1681-85 he was a diplomatic envoy to Portugal.

Political life

On 10 October 1687 he became the 4th Viscount Fanshawe of Dromore, succeeding his nephew, Evelyn Fanshawe, the 3rd Viscount Fanshawe.

As an Irish Peer, he was allowed to serve in the House of Commons of England.

In 1689, as a Tory, he represented the Mitchell in the Convention Parliament, which was called after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He refused to take an oath of loyalty to newly crowned King William III and Queen Mary II and as a result was removed from Parliament.

In 1692, Parliament declared him a Jacobite and he was briefly imprisoned in the Tower of London for high treason.

Death

Fanshawe died in his Suffolk home on 28 March 1710 and was bured in Ware.

He had no known children. Upon his death, his younger brother, Simon Fanshawe, succeeded him as the 5th Viscount Fanshawe of Dromore.

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