Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron

Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1612–1671), known to his men as Black Tom, was an English Parliamentarian general. From 1642 he fought for Parliament under his father in the north and distinguished himself at Marston Moor in 1644.

In 1645 he took command of the newly formed New Model Army, which forced Charles I to surrender in 1646. In 1648 he subdued royalist insurgents in Kent before besieging Colchester.

He refused to join the king's trial and tried to prevent his execution. He resigned in 1650 and later backed George Monck's restoration of Charles II in 1660.