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Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax

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Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax (born March 29, 1584, Yorkshire, England—died March 14, 1648, Yorkshire) was a general who fought on the parliamentarian side in the English Civil Wars and who was father of Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax, and parliamentarian commander in chief. The son of the 1st Baron Fairfax, he was trained as a soldier in the Netherlands. He commanded a foot regiment in the first Bishop’s War (1639) but took no part in...

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