Jane Fane, Countess of Westmorland

Jane Fane, Countess of Westmorland (1783 – ), formerly Jane Saunders (or Huck-Saunders), was the second wife of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland.

Life Jane was one of the two daughters of Dr Richard Huck-Saunders (born Richard Huck) and his wife, the former Jane Kinsey. Her great-uncle was Admiral Sir Charles Saunders. Her sister Anne became Viscountess Melville. Through the admiral, his wife's maternal uncle, Dr Huck-Saunders came into possession of a sizeable inheritance, which was left to their daughters.

It was said of the countess that she was "... perhaps not mad, but nobody ever approached so near it with so much reason."

She was a patron of the poet John Keats and his friend, the artist Joseph Severn, and later a supporter of Lord Byron, despite her friendship with Lady Caroline Lamb (who first met Byron at the countess's house). John Hoppner painted her portrait in the guise of Hebe.

After her husband's death, the dowager countess bought Cotterstock Hall near Oundle. It was at Brympton d'Evercy that she died, predeceasing her two surviving sons, Henry and Montagu, by only a few weeks; The countess was buried in St Andrew's Church, Brympton.

Family Jane and Lord Fane were married in 1800, when Jane was seventeen and her husband 41.

Lady Cecily Jane Georgiana Fane (1801–1875), who died unmarried Hon. Charles Saunders John Fane (1802–1810), who died unmarried Hon. Col. Henry Sutton Fane (1804–1857), MP, who died unmarried Hon. Montagu Augustus Villiers Fane (1805–1857), who died unmarried Lady Evelina Fane (1807–1808)

In 1810, the couple separated and the countess lived at Brympton d'Evercy near Yeovil with Lady Georgiana.