Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Brian McKelvie Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was a Scottish nobleman, peer, and Conservative politician.Early life
Thomas Brian McKelvie Fairfax was born on 14 May 1923 and was the son of Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and Maude Wishart McKelvie, daughter of James McKelvie, who were married in 1922. He had a younger brother, Peregrine John Wishart Fairfax.Career
He served in the Second World War as a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. In 1945, he was elected a Scottish Representative Peer, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord President of the Council from 1951 to 1953 and to the Minister of Materials between 1953 and 1954. In 1954 he was made a Lord-in-waiting, a post he held until 1957.Personal life
In 1951, Lord Fairfax of Cameron married Sonia Helen Gunston, younger daughter of Cecil Bernard Gunston, MC, and his wife Lady Doris Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood. Lady Doris was the eldest daughter of Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. They had:
- Hon. Serena Frances Fairfax
- Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, who married Annabel Morriss, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Gilham Morriss
- Hon. Hugh Nigel Thomas Fairfax
- Hon. Rupert Alexander James Fairfax
He died in April 1964, aged only 40, and was succeeded by his eight-year-old son, Nicholas. In 1967, his widow Lady Fairfax of Cameron was appointed Temporary Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.
