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Furber, William James, brother of Robert John Furber (qv); b. 1 Sept. 1954; adm. Jan. 1968 (W); left Dec. 1971; Gonville & Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1972, BA 1975, MA 1979; adm. solicitor June 1979; Farrer & Co. 1976-, partner 1985-, sen. partner 2008-; solicitor to Duchy of Cornwall 1994-; m. 1) 22 Oct. 1982 Rosemary Elizabeth Johnston, solicitor, d. of Robert Ritchie Johnston, writer and broadcaster, 2) 2019 Amanda Pomeroy; d. 21 Aug. 2024.

Fursdon, Francis William Edward, brother of George Hume John Fursdon (qv); b. 10 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1937 (G); left July 1942; enlisted RE 1942; RE course Univ. of Birmingham 1943; 2nd Lieut. Mar. 1945, Lieut. Nov. 1947, Capt. May 1952, Maj. 1956, Lieut. -Col. 1962, Brig. 1974, retd. as Maj. -Gen. May 1980; MBE 1958 (gallantry in disposing of explosives); CB Jan. 1980; Roy. West African Frontier Force, India, Burma and Gold Coast, 1945-7; Staff Coll., Camberley; service appointments included dir. Defence Policy, Europe and Nato, Min. of Defence 1974-7, dir., Military Assistance Office 1977-9, and Military Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 1980; Freeman City of London 1987; defence and military correspondent, The Daily Telegraph 1980-6; author Grains of Sands 1971, There are No Frontiers 1973 and The European Defence Community 1980; d. 3 Jan. 2007.

Fursdon, George Ellsworth Sydenham, son of George Henry Fursdon, of Fursdon, Devon, by Charlotte Mary, daughter of Capt. Hume Nicholl, 1st Royal Dragoons, of London; b. Feb. 22, 1893; adm. from Dover Coll. Jan. 14, 1909 (A); left. July 1912; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1923; M.A. 1925; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. London Regt. Sept. 20, 1914; served in France and Belgium 1914-5, and was wounded March 5, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 11, 1915; employed in recruiting 1916-8; on the managing staff of Messrs. J. S. Fry and Sons, cocoa and chocolate manufacturers, Bristol and London, from 1919; m. Jan. 23, 1918, Aline Lucinda, daughter of William Shaw Harriss Gastrell, of Rockbeare, Devon; d. April 28, 1936.

Fursdon, George Hume John, son of George Ellsworth Sydenham Fursdon (qv); b. 1 Oct. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left July 1937; Univ. of Bristol 1938-40; enlisted RAFVR Feb., invalided Dec. 1941; hon. Warden Skokholm Bird Observatory 1946-7; lecturer on nat. history and country life 1949-53; managed family estate at Fursdon, Devon, 1942-79; m. 4 Apr. 1968 Christine Mary, d. of Hedley Duffield of Braithwaite, Cumberland; d. 18 June 2011.

FURYE, PEREGRINE, son of Peregrine Furye, Cashier to Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces, and Secretary of Chelsea Hospital, and Jane Noell; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1742/3 (Hutton's); KS 1744; Capt. of the School 1748; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1750; [ presumably Capt. -Lieut., 36th Foot 9 Mar 1757, still Army List 1760, not 1761 ]; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1779; d. Jan 1792.

FYNES-CLINTON, CHARLES FRANCIS, eldest son of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1796, qv), and his second wife; b. 6 Mar 1815; adm. 6 Apr 1828; left May 1832; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1832; BA 1836; went to Spain 1838; served in the army of Queen Christina, and decorated by Espartero with the Cross of St. Ferdinand, for gallantry; British arbitrator with Portugal for the abolition of slavery Sep 1843; d. at Loanda, Angola 5 Jun 1844.

FYNES-CLINTON, CHARLES JOHN, brother of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1796, qv); b. 16 Apr 1799; adm. 27 Feb 1809; KS 1813; left 8 Aug 1816; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Mar 1818; BA 1822; MA 1825; ordained deacon 25 May 1823, priest 11 Apr 1824 (both Chester, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Strensall, Yorks. , 1824; Vicar of Orston, Notts. , 29 Nov 1827-55; Rector of Cromwell, Notts. , from 29 Jan 1828; JP Nottinghamshire; assumed additional surname of Clinton 26 Apr 1821; a classical scholar; editor of his brother Henry’s Literary Remains, 1854, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Mar 1826 Carolina, dau. of Joseph Clay, Piercefield Park, Monmouth; m. 2nd, 20 May 1829 Rosabella, youngest dau. of John Mathews, North Shields, Northumberland; d. 10 Jan 1872. DNB.

FYNES-CLINTON, CLINTON JAMES, brother of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1796, qv); b. 13 Dec 1792; adm. ; KS 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1811, matr. 28 May 1811, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1814; BA 1814; MA 1817; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1815, called to bar 26 Nov 1818; Midland Circuit; Recorder of Newark 1821; assumed additional surname of Clinton 26 Apr 1821; MP Aldborough 1826-32; m. 8 May 1825 Penelope, dau. of Sir William Earle Welby, Bart. , MP; d. 11 Apr 1833.

FYNES-CLINTON, HENRY GLYN, eldest son of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1840, qv); b. 31 Jan 1854; adm. (G) 12 Jun 1868; Min. Can. 1869; left Aug 1869; Keble Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1873; BA 1877; ordained deacon 1878, priest 1880 (Salisbury); Vice-Principal, Mission House, Warminster, Wilts., 1878-9; Principal, Bishop’s College, Calcutta 1879-81; Curate, St. Mary Magdalene, Bradford, Yorks., 1881-6; Rector of St. James’s, Vancouver, British Columbia, from 1886; d. in California 29 Jan 1912.