Warwick Lionel Ashton
Warwick Lionel Fairfax | |
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| Prime Minister of Valentir | |
| In office 19 July 1919 – 27 January 1941 | |
| President | Aidan Stansfield Valentin Serra John B. Williams Hadrien Poirot Elliot Sutherland Quentin Le Borgne |
| Deputy | R. R. Giles Morgan Miles |
| Preceded by | Winston MacGregor |
| Succeeded by | R. R. Giles |
| Leader of the Valentirian Federation of Labour | |
| In office 19 July 1919 – 27 January 1941 | |
| Deputy | R. R. Giles Morgan Miles |
| Preceded by | Winston MacGregor |
| Succeeded by | R. R. Giles |
| Attorney-General of Valentir | |
| In office 1 March 1913 – 19 July 1919 | |
| Prime Minister | TBD |
| Preceded by | TBD |
| Succeeded by | Morgan Miles |
| Minister for Home Affairs | |
| In office 11 November 1910 – 1 March 1913 | |
| Prime Minister | TBD |
| Preceded by | TBD |
| Succeeded by | Judicaël Cazeneuve |
| Member of the Valentirian Parliament for Blackmoor | |
| In office 2 February 1904 – 27 January 1941 | |
| Preceded by | TBD |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 December 1876 Brightwall, New Ardougne, Valentir |
| Died | 22 July 1964 (aged 88) Valeins, Vallois, Valentir |
| Resting place | Mausoleum of the One, Harborough, Westcliff, Valentir |
| Political party | Valentirian Federation of Labour (1907-1964) |
| Other political affiliations | Radical Federalists and Liberals (1898–1907) |
| Relations | See Fairfax family |
| Alma mater | Queen's College, Valeins |
| Profession | Barrister Politician |
| Parents | Ian Fairfax III Aliénor Leblanc |
| Religion | None (Atheist) |
Warwick Lionel Fairfax (17 December 1876 – 22 July 1964) was a Valentirian lawyer and politician who served as the Xth Prime Minister of Valentir from 1919–1941. Fairfax was a prominent revolutionary during the Wave of Liberation and Valentir's subsequent independence from Estmere. He is also well known for his leadership of Valentir throughout the Great War (1926–1935) when he mobilised Valentirian industrial and military capacity to support the Republic of Negara and the Grand Alliance. A lifelong member of the Valentirian Federation of Labour, he is the longest serving Prime Minister of Valentir, occupying the position uninterrupted for 22 consecutive years. Considered one of the Fathers of the Nation, Fairfax laid the foundations for the modern Valentirian state and shaped the cultural, political and economic landscape of the country. He maintained an immense degree of political and social influence following his retirement in 1941. In polls of historians and political scientists, Fairfax is generally ranked as first amongst the The Great Seven.
Fairfax was born in 1876, to the upper-class Fairfax family in the bustling suburbs of Brightwall, New Ardougne. His father, Ian Fairfax III, was a prominent left-wing politician and the Xth Premier of New Ardougne and his mother, Aliénor Leblanc, a women right's and labour activist. Groomed to follow in his father's footsteps and join the family's prolific political dynasty, Fairfax moved to Valeins in 1896 to study at Queen's College, Valeins where he focused on political science and law. While studying in Valeins he encountered the beginnings of the Brotherhood without Banners, an independence movement that would eventually earn his sympathies. In 1901 he finished his studies at Queen's College and began working as a barrister under the employ of the Supreme Court of Valentir. Fairfax began his parliamentary career when he stood for election the seat of Blackmoor in 1904. Originally a member of the Radical Federalists and Liberals, he joined the VFL following the former's merge in 1907.