Robert Fairfax (Royal Navy officer)


Robert Fairfax
Portrait of Fairfax c.1720
BornFebruary 1666
Newton Kyme, Yorkshire
Died17 October 1725(1725-10-17) (aged 59)
Allegiance Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch Royal Navy (1687–1707)
 Royal Navy (1707–1708)
Service years1687–1708
RankRear-Admiral
CommandsConception Prize
Pembroke
Ruby
Newark
Cornwall
Severn
Cambridge
Restoration
Somerset
Kent
Berwick
Torbay
Barfleur
Albemarle
ConflictsNine Years' War

War of the Spanish Succession

Rear-Admiral Robert Fairfax (February 1666 – 17 October 1725) was a Royal Navy officer and politician.