John Fairfax, 11th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

John Contee Fairfax, 11th Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an American man who de facto held a Scottish peerage.

Early life

John Contee Fairfax was born at Vaucluse, Virginia, the second son of Albert Fairfax and Caroline Eliza Snowden, who were married on April 7, 1828. His elder brother was Charles S. Fairfax, 10th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.

Personal life

He married Mary Brown Kirby, daughter of Col. Edward Kirby, in 1857. They had the following children:

Caroline Snowden Fairfax
Josephine Fairfax, who married Tunstall Smith
Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, who married Maude Wishart McKelvie.

He died at age 70 in his country home Northampton, in Prince George's County, Maryland. At the time of his death he was the only American citizen to be considered a member of the British peerage.