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FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY, brother of William Froude (qv); b. 13 Apr 1818; adm. 15 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); KS 1830; left 1833; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Dec 1835; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1842; BA 1842; MA 1843; Devon Fellow, Exeter Coll. Oxford, 1842 - 27 Feb 1849, when his book Nemesis of Faith was burnt by Dr Sewell in Exeter College Hall; ordained deacon 1844, but availed himself of the provisions of the Clerical Disabilities Relief Act 19 Jul 1872; after his first marriage he devoted himself to historical and literary work; editor, Fraser’s Magazine, 1860-74; sent as Commissioner to Cape of Good Hope to report upon South African confederation 1874-5; Rector of St. Andrew’s Univ., 1868-71, LLD St. Andrew’s 1869; Hon. Fellow, Exeter Coll. Oxford 1882, Oriel Coll. Oxford 1892; Hon. LLD Edinburgh 1884; Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford Univ., from 18 Apr 1892; author, A History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1856-70, and other works; in his Shadows of the Clouds, 1847, Froude tells the melancholy story of Edward Fowler, a Westminster boy, which may contain reminiscences of his own far from happy school career (Paul, Life of Froude, 1905, 10-1); m. 1st, 3 Oct 1849 Charlotte Maria, fifth dau. of Pascoe Grenfell MP, Taplow Court, Bucks.; m. 2nd, 12 Sep 1861 Henrietta Elizabeth, dau. of John Ashley Warre MP, West Cliff House, Ramsgate, Kent; d. 20 Oct 1894. DNB.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, STEPHEN, brother of Edward Fox-Strangways (qv); b. 10 Aug. 1811; adm. 30 Sep 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1829, matr. 2 Jun 1829, Westminster Student; BA 1833; MA 1835; d. at Malta 4 Mar 1839

FITZHARDING, WILLIAM GEORGE AUGUSTUS, recorded on baptism at St. Mary’s, Marylebone Road, London, as son of William Fitzharding, and Jane --- (IGI), (but said to have been an illegitimate son of William Berkeley, 1st Earl Fitzhardinge, and Jane Baldwin, niece of Maj. -Gen. Thomas Hawkshaw, EICS Bengal); b. 8 Jun 1810; adm. 23 Sep 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; left 1826; articled to Thomas Clarke, Solicitor to the Ordnance, 1827; emigrated to Australia 1838; adm. solicitor, New South Wales 1 Apr 1840; practised in Sydney; m. 1st, c. 1833 Mary Anne Gahen; m. 2nd, 18 Nov 1844 Anna Amelia, dau. of William Hyde; m. 3rd, 16 Aug 1866 Harriet Ellen, dau. of Alfred Elyard, Sydney, solicitor; d. at Paddington, New South Wales, Australia 12 Sep 1884.

FINLAY, THOMAS; b. 22 Jan 1808; adm. 21 Jan 1822 (Stelfox's); left 1825.

FINLAY, ROBERT, son of Thomas Finlay, co. Wexford, banker; b. 10 Feb 1809; adm. 1 Oct 1821 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 16 Oct 1826.

FEILDE, EDMUND THOMAS, son of Thomas Feilde (qv); b. 8 Sep 1818; adm. 27 Jun 1831 (Stelfox's); KS 1833; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1837, matr. 5 May 1837, Westminster Student; Cadet, EICS Madras 1840; Ensign, 10th Madras Native Infantry 6 Jan 1841; Lieut., 21 Dec 1842; d. at Kamptee, near Nagpur, India May 1845.

ELRINGTON, JAMES LOFTUS, son of Maj. -Gen. John Henry Elrington, Governor of St. Kitts, West Indies, and Sarah, dau. of James Reed; b. 12 Sep 1811; adm. 14 Jun 1822 (Stelfox's); Ensign and Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards 4 Jun 1829; Lieut. and Capt., 5 Dec 1834; Adjutant, 30 Dec 1845; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 11 Jun 1847; retired 7 Apr 1848; d. 13 Oct 1851.

ELLISON, RICHARD, eldest illegitimate son of Richard Ellison MP, Sudbrooke Holme, Lincs., banker; b. 13 May 1807; adm. 10 Oct 1820 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 May 1826; BA 1830; of Boultham Hall, Lincs.; DL JP Lincolnshire; partner, Smith, Ellison & Co., bankers, Lincoln c. 1829 – c. 1846; FSA 5 Jun 1851; m. 1 Aug 1830 Charlotte, sister of Sir George Chetwynd, Bart. (qv); d. 30 Dec 1881. [mother perhaps Jane, dau. of William Maxwell [check]]

ELLISON, JOHN, brother of Richard Ellison (qv); b. 29 Oct 1809; adm. 10 Oct 1820 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Dec 1829; BA 1833.

EALES, WILLIAM THOMAS HUXHAM, son of Rev. William Eales, Chaplain, EICS Bengal, and Catherine, dau. of Thomas Raban, Calcutta, solicitor; b. 18 Dec 1811; adm. 22 Sep 1824 (Stelfox's); KS 1826; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1830, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1830, scholar 1831, matr. Mich. 1830; BA 1834; ordained deacon 1835, priest 10 Apr 1836 (both Exeter); Curate, Ashburton with Bickington, Devon 1835, St. Breock, Cornwall 1844, Wolborough, Devon 1851; Vicar of Yealmpton, Devon, from 1857; m. 15 Jan 1845 Emily Fulford, dau. of William Fulford Weatherdon, Newton Abbot, Devon; d. 27 Nov 1887.