Charles Fanshawe, 4th Viscount Fanshawe

In 1667, Fanshawe was involved in the peace talks ending the Second Anglo-Dutch War, which were held at Breda.[1] He later received a commission, serving as a captain in the regiment of Lord Alington in 1678.[1]

From 1681-85 he was a diplomatic envoy to Portugal.[1]

On 10 October 1687 he became the 4th Viscount Fanshawe of Dromore, succeeding his nephew, Evelyn Fanshawe, the 3rd Viscount Fanshawe.[1]

As an Irish Peer, he was allowed to serve in the House of Commons of England.[2]

In 1689, as a Tory, he represented the Mitchell in the Convention Parliament,[1] which was called after the Glorious Revolution of 1688.[3] He refused to take an oath of loyalty to newly crowned King William III and Queen Mary II and as a result was removed from Parliament.[1]

In 1692, Parliament declared him a Jacobite and he was briefly imprisoned in the Tower of London for high treason.[1]

Fanshawe died in his Suffolk home on 28 March 1710 and was buried in Ware.[1]

He had no known children. Upon his death, his younger brother, Simon Fanshawe, succeeded him as the 5th Viscount Fanshawe of Dromore.[1]

• Henning, Basil Duke, ed. (1983). "The" House of Commons 1660 - 1690. Boydell & Brewer. p. 297. ISBN 0-436-19274-8. Retrieved 1 June 2013. Updated version online.[1]