Henry Fane was the grandson of Francis Fane, a Restoration dramatist, and son of Henry Fane (1669-1726) of Brympton and Anne, sister and coheir of John Scrope of Wormsley [REF].
Henry Fane, was one of the chief clerks of the Board of Treasury from 1742 until July 1764, and one of the chief clerks to the Privy Council from 1756 until 1764, and a commissioner for the duties on salt [REF].