Fane was the fifth and youngest son of
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland and
Lady Priscilla Anne, daughter of
William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington. He was educated at
Harrow and
Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the '
Apostles',
chancellor's medallist in 1850 and graduated M.A. in 1851. Between 1856 and 1858 he was secretary of legation at St. Petersburg and first secretary and acting ''
chargé d'affaires'' at Paris from 1865 to 1867. ==Notes==