John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Westmorland
KG PC
The Right Honourable The Earl of Westmorland KG PC
	Lord Westmorland in the parliamentary robes of an earl, by Thomas Lawrence c. 1806.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
	In office; 1789–1794
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	The Marquess of Buckingham
Succeeded by	The Earl FitzWilliam
Lord Privy Seal
	In office; 14 February 1798 – 5 February 1806
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Pitt, Addington
Preceded by	The Earl of Chatham
Succeeded by	The Viscount Sidmouth
	In office; 25 March 1807 – 30 April 1827
Monarchs	George III, George IV
Prime Minister	Portland, Perceval, Liverpool
Preceded by	The Lord Holland
Succeeded by	The Duke of Portland
Personal details
Born	1 June 1759
Died	15 December 1841 (aged 82)
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory
Spouses	Sarah Child (m. 1782; died 1793); Jane Saunders (m. 1800);
Children	10
Parents	John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland; Augusta Bertie;

John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, KG, PC (1 June 1759 – 15 December 1841), styled Lord Burghersh between 1771 and 1774, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who served in most of the cabinets of the period, primarily as Lord Privy Seal ultimately spending 33 years in office.

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