Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Fairfax, 3rd Viscount Fairfax of Emley NPG D48657

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Richard Gaywood

Sir William Fairfax was a parliamentarian army officer in the English civil wars. He was knighted by Charles I in 1630 and in 1636 he succeeded to the family estates in Yorkshire. In 1641 he became a captain in his uncle Baron Fairfax's regiment. He accompanied his cousin Sir Thomas Fairfax to confront the king with a parliamentarian petition on Heworth Moor outside York in June 1642. Fairfax fought in many battles including at Edgehill. In August 1644 he was sent into... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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