Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Mildmay Julian Fane, 13th Earl of Westmorland, CBE, JP (16 August 1859 – 9 June 1922), styled Lord Burghersh between October 1859 and 1891, was a British peer.
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Background and education
Fane was born at Curzon House, 8 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London, the second and youngest son of Francis Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland and Lady Adelaide Ida, daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe. He was baptised at Apethorpe, Northampton. He was educated at Eton. He was fond of cricket, and although not in the Eleven whilst at Eton, he occasionally played for Northamptonshire under his title Lord Burghersh. On 3 August 1891, he succeeded his father in the earldom.
Military career
Lord Westmorland was appointed a major in the 3rd (Northampton and Rutland Militia) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, on 7 March 1900. He accompanied the battalion when they were posted to South Africa in April 1902 for the last stages of the Second Boer War. Following the end of the war in June 1902, Lord Westmorland and the other men of the 3rd battalion left Cape Town on the SS Scot in early September, and returned to Northampton after arrival in the United Kingdom later the same month. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and commanded the battalion from 31 July 1907, including its transition to the Special Reserve in 1908. In 1911 he was appointed an Aide-de-Camp to King George V. He retired from the command on 31 July 1914, but as World War I broke out days later he was 'dug out' of retirement and commanded 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers from 8 December 1915 until the end of the war. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1919. He was also Justice of the Peace for Northamptonshire.