Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland NPG D4754

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Samuel William Reynolds, and by Samuel Cousins, after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Previously styled Lord Burghersh, Fane succeeded to the earldom in 1774. In 1782, he eloped with Sarah Anne Child, the only child and heir of banker Robert Child. The two were married at Gretna Green and Child consequently cut his daughter out of his will. While at Cambridge Westmorland had formed a friendship with William Pitt, which was later resumed in parliament. Pitt made him Joint Postmaster-General in 1789; the following year he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a post he held for... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.