Edward Fairfax

Edward's daughters Elizabeth and Anne were baptised in Fewston village church in 1606 and 1621 respectively. His translation of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered for which he is best known is considered a masterpiece one of the comparatively few translations which in themselves are literature. Edward Fairfax (1580? – 27 January 1635) was a translator the natural son of Sir Thomas Fairfax the elder of Denton in Yorkshire and thus a half-brother of Sir Thomas Fairfax.

Edward Fairfax (1580? – 27 January 1635) was a translator the natural son of Sir Thomas Fairfax the elder of Denton in Yorkshire and thus a half-brother of Sir Thomas Fairfax. It was highly praised by Dryden and Waller.