George William Fairfax
(1724-1787)
BIRTH
January 2, 1724
PLACE
New Providence, Bahamas
DEATH
April 3, 1787
PLACE
Bath, England
FAMILY
FATHER
William Fairfax
(1691-1757)
MOTHER
Sarah Walker Fairfax
(1700-1730)
BROTHER
Thomas Fairfax
(1726-1746)
SISTER
Anne Fairfax Washington
(1728-1761)
SISTER
Sarah Fairfax Carlyle
(1730-1761)
BROTHER
Bryan Fairfax
(1736-1802)
BROTHER
William Henry Fairfax
(1739-1759)
SISTER
Hannah Fairfax Washington
(1767-1828)
WIFE
Sarah Walker Fairfax
(1700-1730)
HOMES
Belvoir Marker
VA - Alexandria, Virginia, USA
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
ANGLICAN
MEMBERSHIPS
TRURO PARISH CHURCHWARDEN, TRURO PARISH VESTRY MEMBER
AWARDS
George William Fairfax (1724–1787) was a Virginia planter and George Washington’s friend and patron. Their homes, Belvoir and Mount Vernon, linked them socially, and Fairfax joined Washington’s early surveying journey. He married Sally Cary and served in the House of Burgesses. In 1773 the couple moved to Britain, leaving Washington to oversee Belvoir. The Revolution prevented their return, but correspondence continued until Fairfax’s death in Bath in 1787.
EARLY LIFE
George William Fairfax was born on Jan 2, 1724 in New Providence, Bahamas. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies George William Fairfax with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. George William Fairfax died on Apr 3, 1787 in Bath, England. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
George William Fairfax was a Virginia planter and George Washington’s friend and patron. Their homes, Belvoir and Mount Vernon, linked them socially, and Fairfax joined Washington’s early surveying journey. In 1773 the couple moved to Britain, leaving Washington to oversee Belvoir. The Revolution prevented their return, but correspondence continued until Fairfax’s death in Bath in 1787. George William Fairfax died on Apr 3, 1787 in Bath, England. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
MUSEUM
George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mount Vernon, VA 22121
MUSEUM
Colonial Williamsburg
101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185
MUSEUM
Williamsburg Capitol
E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185
PARK
Carlyle House Historic Park
121 N Fairfax St, Alexandria, VA 22314
MUSEUM
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
105 South Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA
MUSEUM
Raleigh Tavern
E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185
MARKER
Greenway Court Marker
12582 Lord Fairfax Hwy, Boyce, VA 22620
MARKER
Belvoir Marker
202 Belvoir Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
George William Fairfax of Belvoir, George Washington’s friend and patron, distinct from Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Family and collective biographies, primary writings, references and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. The Fairfax Family in Fairfax County: A Brief History — Kenton Kilmer; Donald Sweig. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
2. Fairfax of Virginia: The Forgotten Story of America’s Only Peerage — Hugh Fairfax. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
3. The Papers of George Washington: Colonial Series — W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig (editors). [Related primary correspondence; series counted once] Find on Amazon
4. The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619–January 11, 1978: A Bicentennial Register of Members — Cynthia Miller Leonard (editor). [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
5. A “Topping People”: The Rise and Decline of Virginia’s Old Political Elite, 1680–1790 — Emory G. Evans. [Related political and biographical history] Find on Amazon
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