CHARLES, 6th earl (1543-1601), eldest son of Henry, 5th earl, by his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Manners, ist earl of Rutland, was brought up a Roman Catholic, and was further attached to the Catholic party by his marriage with Jane, daughter of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey. He was a member of the council of the north in 1569, when he joined Thomas Percy, 7th earl of Northumberland, and his uncle Christopher Neville, in the Catholic rising of the north, which aimed at the liberation of Mary, queen of Scots. On the collapse of the ill-organized in surrection Westmorland fled with his brother earl over the borders, and eventually to the Spanish Netherlands, where he died on Nov. 16, 1601. He left no sons, and his honours were forfeited by his formal attainder in 1571. Raby castle remained in the hands
of the Crown until The title was revived in 1624 in favour of Sir Francis Fane (c. 1574-1629), whose mother, Mary Neville, was a descendant of a younger son of the first earl. He was created baron of Burghersh and earl of Westmorland in 1624, and became Lord le Despenser on his mother's death in 1626. His son Mildmay Fane, 2nd or 8th earl of Westmorland (c. 1602-1666), at first sided with the king's party, but was afterwards reconciled with the parliament. John Fane, 7th or 13th earl of Westmorland (1682?-1762), served with distinction in various campaigns under Marlborough, and was made in 1739 lieutenant-general of the British armies.