Fane is a surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
Sir John Fane (captain) captain at the battle of Poitiers 1356 who captured King John II of France.Sir Ralph Fane of Badsel Manor, Tudely Kent executed at Tower Hill 1552Sir Thomas Fane (d 1589) MP, convicted of treason and involvement in the Wyatt's rebellion pardoned and married to Mary Neville, Baroness le Despencer daughter of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny. Father of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of WestmorlandSir Francis Fane (royalist) of Fulbeck (c. 1611–1681?) supported the Royalist cause During the English Civil WarGeorge Fane (c.1616-1663) Civil War royalist officer and member of parliamentSir Thomas Fane (Kent) (1626–1692), Member of Parliament for MaidstoneSir George Fane (MP for Kent) died 1640Lady Mary Fane (1639–1681) was the daughter of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of WestmorlandSir Francis Fane (dramatist) of Fulbeck (d. 1689?) Restoration play writeSir Henry Fane (c.1650-1706), Whig Member of Parliament for Reading in 1689, 1690 and 1695 (1689–1698). Irish Privy Councillor from 1690 until his death.Henry Fane of Brympton (1669–1726), Bristol Privateer a great-grandson of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland and father of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of WestmorlandFrancis Fane 1700-1759 Tory MP and attorney general to the Prince of WalesFrancis Fane of Brympton (d. 1757) Member of ParliamentMildmay Fane Member of Parliament for KentMildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of WestmorlandHenry Fane of Wormsley (1703–1777), one of the chief clerks of the board of treasury, one of the chief clerks to the Privy Council, and a Member of ParliamentHenry Fane (politician) of Fulbeck (1739–1802) Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis 1772–1802.John Fane (1751–1824) was a British Tory politicianFrancis Fane of Spettisbury (1752–1813) Member of ParliamentThomas Fane (MP) (1760–1807), Member of Parliament for Lyme RegisJohn Fane (1775–1850) MP and British Tory politicianSir Henry Fane (British Army officer)(1778–1840) of Fulbeck commanded brigades during several battles during the Peninsular War, and served both as a member of Parliament and Commander-in-Chief of IndiaVere Fane (MP) Tory MP for Petersfield and Lyme RegisFrancis William Fane (1778–1844), Rear-Admiral in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic WarsSarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1785–1867), was an English noblewoman, the daughter of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland and Sarah Anne Child. Inherited a share in a bank.Priscilla Fane, Countess of Westmorland Priscilla Anne Fane (née Wellesley-Pole), Countess of Westmorland (1793 – 18 February 1879), styled Lady Burghersh between 1811 and 1841, was a British linguist and artist.Harriet Arbuthnot née Fane (1793–1834), was an early 19th-century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party. During the 1820s she was the "closest woman friend" of the 1st Duke of WellingtonMildmay Fane (1794–1868) British GeneralRobert George Cecil Fane (1796–1864) British JudgeJohn Fane (1804–1875), Colonel in the British Army and a Conservative politician.Lt-Col Henry Sutton Fane (born 1805), MP for Lyme Regis 1826Henry Hamlyn-Fane (1817–1868), known as Henry Fane until 1861, was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Francis Fane (soldier) British Colonel who raised the Peshawar Light Horse.Julian Henry Charles Fane (1827–1870) diplomatist and poet.Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane (1837–1900) diplomat and minister plenipotentiary to DenmarkWalter Fane, a British general who raised Fane's Horse at Cawnpore in 1860Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane (1824-1915), of Brymton, diplomat, cortier and cricketerSir Charles George Fane (1837-1909), British AdmiralViolet Fane, (1843–1905), a British novelist, poet and essayist of Victorian era.Vere Fane Benett-Stanford Conservative MP ShaftesburyCharles Fane de Salis (1860–1942), Bishop of Taunton from 1911 to 1930Sir Vere Bonamy Fane General in the British Indian ArmyWilliam Vere Reeve King-Fane of Fulbeck (1868–1943) OBE was a member of the Fane family, an English landowner, soldier and High Sheriff of LincolnshireSybil Fane, Countess of Westmorland (née St.Clair-Erskine, born 20 August 1871, died 21 July 1910) was a socialite and member of the British aristocracyFrederick Fane (1875–1960), Irish born cricketer, who captained England on five occasions. He also played for Essex, Oxford University and London County.Richard Ponsonby-Fane (1878–1937), a British academic, author, and Japanologist.disambiguation pagesSir Francis Fane of Fulbeck disambiguation pageHenry Fane disambiguation pageJohn Fane disambiguation pageThomas Fane disambiguation pageVere Fane disambiguation pageEnglish Viscount and Earls of WestmorlandFrancis Fane, 1st Earl of WestmorlandMildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of WestmorlandCharles Fane, 3rd Earl of WestmorlandVere Fane, 4th Earl of WestmorlandVere Fane, 5th Earl of WestmorlandThomas Fane, 6th Earl of WestmorlandJohn Fane, 7th Earl of WestmorlandThomas Fane, 8th Earl of WestmorlandJohn Fane, 9th Earl of WestmorlandJohn Fane, 10th Earl of WestmorlandJohn Fane, 11th Earl of WestmorlandFrancis Fane, 12th Earl of WestmorlandAnthony Mildmay Julian Fane, 13th Earl of WestmorlandVere Fane, 14th Earl of WestmorlandDavid Fane, 15th Earl of WestmorlandAnthony David Francis Henry Fane, 16th Earl of WestmorlandSarah Fane, Countess of WestmorlandIrish viscountViscount Fane (of Basildon in Berkshire; Loughgur in Limerick; Clare in Armagh, and parts of Devon)Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane (1676–1744)Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane (after 1708–1766)