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Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane KCMG JP DL(6 May 1837 – 20 March 1900) was an English diplomat.
Early life and education
Fane was born in Boyton, Wiltshire, the eldest son of Rev. Arthur Fane (d. 1872) of Boyton, prebendary of Salisbury, by Lucy, daughter of John Benett of Pythouse, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 28 May 1855, but did not graduate.
Career
Having entered the diplomatic service, Fane was appointed in 1858 attaché at Tehran. In 1863, he was transferred to Turin, and from Turin in 1866 to St. Petersburg as second secretary.
In varied years 1867 to 1878, Fane had stays of brief duration at Washington, Florence, Munich, Brussels, Vienna, and Berne. He was secretary of legation at Copenhagen 1880–1, secretary of embassy at Madrid 1882–5, and at Constantinople 1886–93, and minister at Belgrade from 1893 until 1898. He was posted to Copenhagen for the last 18 months of his life. He negotiated the treaty of commerce with the Kingdom of Serbia of 10 July 1893.
In 1897, Fane received the Jubilee Medal, and in 1899 was created K.C.M.G.. He was lord of the manor of Boyton, Wiltshire, and a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the county.
Family
Fane married, in 1875, Constantia Eleanor, daughter of General R. Blucher Wood. Their younger daughter Etheldred Constantia (1879–1964) married Horace Rumbold.
Fane died in Copenhagen after suffering from a pulmonary infection.