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Lord Fairfax was educated at Oriel College, Oxford from 1710 to 1713 . Afterwards, he held a commission in the Navy, and contributed to Addison's Spectator . Upon succeeding to his title and to the family estates in Virginia's Northern Neck between the Rappahannock and Potomac River s, inherited from his mother, and a great portion of the Shenandoah Valley , Lord Fairfax moved to Virginia between 1735 and 1737 to inspect and protect his lands. The northwestern boundary of his Northern Neck propriety was marked by the Fairfax Stone at the headwaters of the North Branch Potomac River . In 1738 , about 30 farms were established as part of Lord Fairfax's 9,000 acre Patterson Creek Manor near present day Burlington , West Virginia . Returning in 1747 , he first settled at Belvoir near modern Fort Belvoir and later moved to the Shenandoah Valley in 1752 , fixing his residence at Greenway Court near White Post in Clarke County. Here, Lord Fairfax lived in a style of liberal hospitality, frequently indulging in the diversion of the Chase . He served as county lieutenant and as Justice Of The Peace for Frederick County which then included Clarke. Lord Fairfax was the only resident Peer in Colonial America . In 1748 , he made the acquaintance of George Washington , a distant relative, then a youth of 16, and, impressed with his energy and talents, employed him to Survey his lands lying west of the Blue Ridge . Though a frank and avowed Loyalist , he was never insulted or molested by the Whigs . His title and immense domain, consisting of 5,282,000 acres (21,380 km²), descended to his only surviving brother, Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax Of Cameron , who died at Leeds Castle , England , in 1793 . However, the domain was in possession of Lord Thomas Fairfax during the American Revolutionary War and it was confiscated during the hostilites. REFERENCES
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