Grace Thornhurst, daughter of Sir William Thornhurst of Kent, with whom he had a son and five daughters; and secondly to Mary, daughter of Horace Lord Vere of Tillsbury, who bore him a son and four daughters, one of whom was Lady Mary Fane who married firstly Francis Palmes of Ashwell, Rutland, granddaughter of Sir Guy Palmes, and was widowed with no children. She married secondly John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (1628–1678), a widower, on 24 January 1670. Mildmay's first son Charles, and his second son Vere, both succeeded to their father's title in turn (since Charles Fane, 3rd Earl, left no descendants). Mildmay Fane's younger brother Sir Francis Fane married Elizabeth West, daughter of William West of Firbeck Hall, Yorkshire, and widow of John, Lord Darcy of the North. Sir Francis Fane achieved some distinction as a writer, publishing poetry as well as three dramatic plays. He was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Charles I, and served as governor of Doncaster Castle during the English civil war. Rachael Fane (1613–1680), one of Mildmay Fane's seven sisters and a resident of Apethorpe Palace, also wrote entertainments and a masque that were performed by the household. Her works survive in manuscript. Another younger brother was the Royalist and MP Colonel the Hon. George Fane. Plays and masques Raguaillo d'Oceano (1640) Candia Restaurata ("Candy Restored", 1641) Time's Trick Upon the Cards (1642) The Change (1642) Virtue's Triumph (1644) Don Phoebo's Triumph (1645) De Pugna Animi (1650) Ladrones, or the Robbers' Island (lost) References External links Otia Sacra text Link to English Heritage web-site for Apethorpe |- 1602 births 1666 deaths 17th-century English nobility Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 17th-century English poets Knights of the Bath Lord-Lieutenants of Northamptonshire Mildmay 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers Fane, Mildmay Fane, Mildmay Fane, Mildmay Fane, Mildmay English male poets Earls of Westmorland Barons le Despencer Barons Burghersh