Family and Early Life
The son of Julian and Lady Caroline Faber, Faber comes from a staunchly conservative, aristocratic political family. His maternal grandfather Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister at the time of his birth. His grandmother, Lady Dorothy Cavendish, was a member of a family which included two Prime Ministers, the 4th Duke of Devonshire (1756–1757) and the 3rd Duke of Portland (1783 and 1807–1809), related by marriage to President John F. Kennedy. Faber's great-great-great-granduncle was Lord Hartington and his great-grandfather Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire was also statesman. His cousin Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire was married to Deborah Mitford. His uncle Maurice Macmillan was a leading figure of Edward Heath's 1970s government.
Faber was educated at Summer Fields School, Summertown, then at Eton and Balliol. At Oxford, he was a member of the Bullingdon Club.
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