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Thomas Fairfax

1612 - 1671

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Sir Thomas Fairfax (17 January 1612 – 12 November 1671) was an English army officer and politician who commanded the New Model Army from 1645 to 1650 during the English Civil War. Because of his dark hair, he was known as "Black Tom" to his loyal troops. He was the eldest son and heir of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, (Lord Fairfax) and succeeded to that title as 3rd Lord Fairfax in 1648 on the death of his father, although he was generally known as "Sir Thomas Fairfax" to distinguish them. He adopted the profession of arms as a young man, when he served under Horace Vere in the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Fairfax is the 2,751st most popular politician (up from 10,318th in 2019), the 686th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,118th in 2019) and the 135th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Thomas Fairfax ranks 2,751 out of 19,576. Before him are Émile Lahoud, Pharnaces II of Pontus, Kara Ahmed Pasha, Alpha Condé, Æthelflæd, and Henry Morgenthau Sr.. After him are Mykola Azarov, Emperor Hui of Han, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Yasuo Fukuda, Thaïs, and Henry III of Castile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Thomas Fairfax ranks 6. Before him are Murad IV, Dorgon, Wu Sangui, Louis Le Vau, and Saskia van Uylenburgh. After him are Pierre Mignard, Antoine Arnauld, Samuel Butler, Peter Stuyvesant, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, and Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma. Among people deceased in 1671, Thomas Fairfax ranks 2. Before him is Stenka Razin. After him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli, François Vatel, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Anne Hyde, Adam Olearius, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Petar Zrinski, Sébastien Bourdon, Antonio Barberini, and Yerofey Khabarov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Fairfax ranks 686 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Miller (1691), Augustus Pugin (1812), William Dampier (1651), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), Roger Glover (1945), and Æthelflæd (869). After him are Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Lady Katherine Grey (1540), John le Carré (1931), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Robert Smith (1959), and Deborah Kerr (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Fairfax ranks 135. Before him are James Wilson (1742), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), and Æthelflæd (869). After him are Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Tristan (535), Anne Neville (1456), Norman Angell (1872), and Alec Douglas-Home (1903).

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