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FALKNER, HENRY, son of Henry Falkner, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk; b. (King’s Lynn); adm. 19 Oct 1770; KS (aged 15) 1773; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1777, adm. pens. 28 May 1777, scholar 15 May 1778, matr. Mich. 1781. [will of Henry Falkner, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, gentleman, proved PCC 24 Mar 1789]

FANE, FRANCIS WILLIAM HENRY, 12TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, third son of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland PC GCB, Gen. in the Army, diplomat, and Lady Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole, artist, dau. of William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington PC; grandson of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); b. 19 Nov 1825; adm. (G) 18 Sep 1837; Ensign, 18th Foot 24 Feb 1843; Lieut., 74th Foot 26 Jul 1844; Capt., 25th Foot 1 Aug 1848; served in Sikh War and present at battle of Gujerat 21 Feb 1849; Brevet Maj., 7 Jun 1849; half-pay 22 Apr 1853; Lieut. -Col., unattached, 20 Sep 1854; ADC to Lord Raglan (qv) in Crimean War; half-pay 12 Dec 1854; CB 10 Jul 1855; ret. as Col., 11 Jan 1860; succ. father as 12th Earl of Westmorland 16 Oct 1859; of Apethorpe Hall, Northants.; JP (1861) Northamptonshire, also DL; a prominent racehorse owner, but never won any of the great races for three-year olds; m. 16 Jul 1857 Lady Adelaide Ida Curzon, second dau. of Richard Curzon, 1st Earl Howe PC GCH, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide; d. 3 Aug 1891. DNB.

FANE, JOHN, 9TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, elder son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, previously an attorney in Bristol, and Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Kentish, Clerk in Chancery, and dau. of William Swymmer, Bristol, merchant; b. 5 May 1728; adm. Oct 1739 (Watts'); left 1745; adm. Middle Temple 9 Feb 1741/2; a Supernumary Clerk, Treasury, 26 Jun 1746-8, Under Clerk 3 May 1748 - res 7 Dec 1757; a Commissioner of Taxes 14 Apr 1756 – 2 Feb 1763; MP Lyme Regis 1 Dec 1762 - 12 Nov 1771; LLD Cambridge 3 Jul 1769; succ. father as 9th Earl of Westmorland 12 Nov 1771; DL Somerset 1761; m. 1st, 26 Mar 1758 Augusta, dau. of Lord Montagu Bertie (qv); m. 2nd, 28 May 1767 Lady Susan Gordon, dau. of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon; d. 26 Apr 1774. DNB.

FANE, JOHN, 10TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, elder son of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (qv), and his first wife; b. 1 Jan 1759; adm. 9 Jul 1770; left Jun 1771; at Charterhouse Sch. Jan 1772 - Dec 1775; succ. father as 10th Earl of Westmorland 26 Apr 1774; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 25 Jan 1776; MA 1778; adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1772; while at Cambridge he formed a friendship with William Pitt, which continued through life; joint Postmaster-General 19 Sep 1789 - Jan 1790; Privy Councillor 14 Oct 1789; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 5 Jan 1790 - Jan 1795, being recalled on account of his opposition to Catholic emancipation; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 27 Jan 1790; KG 12 Jun 1793; Master of the Horse 14 Jan 1795- Feb 1798; Lord Privy Seal 1798-1806, 1807-27; DL Northamptonshire 1792, Lord Lieut. from 5 Jul 1828; blind for some years before death; m. 1st, 20 May 1782 Sarah Anne, dau. of Robert Child (qv); m. 2nd, 24 Mar 1800 Jane, second dau. of Richard Huck-Saunders MD FRCP, Physician to St. Thomas’s Hospital; d. 15 Dec 1841. DNB.

FANE, HON. THOMAS, son of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (qv); b. 6 Jul 1760; adm. 17 Feb 1772; left Christmas 1774; Ensign, 61st Foot 4 Dec 1775; Lieut., 1st Foot 25 May 1778; Capt., 2nd Foot 7 May 1779; Brevet Maj., 22 Nov 1781; Maj., 2nd Foot 22 Jan 1783; Capt. and Lieut. -Col, 2nd Foot Guards 15 May 1783; ret., 24 Dec 1793; MP Lyme Regis 1784 - Mar 1806; a Groom of the Bedchamber from 26 Jan 1793; m. 27 Jul 1789 Anne, dau. of Richard Lowe, Locko Park, Derbs.; d. 15 Apr 1807.

Farmar, Julian Avenel, son of Maj.-Gen. George Jasper Farmar CB CMG, Lieut.-Governor The Royal Hospital Chelsea, and Bertha Frances, d. of Maj.-Gen. William Henry Paget and grand- daughter of Lord William Paget (qv); b. 14 Aug. 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (A), (R) May 1934; left Apr. 1935; 2nd Lieut. RA (TA) Sept. 1938; Lieut. (p.c.) Feb. 1945, Capt. July 1946, Maj. Aug. 1952; retd Mar. 1958; m. 21 Mar. 1945 Daphne, d. of William Joseph Carlisle of White Waltham, Berks; d. 18 Aug. 1969.

FANSHAWE, ---; b.; at school 1657-62 (Busby’s Account Book).

Fanshawe, Charles Anthony Francis, son of Maurice Fanshawe, dir. of Intelligence UNA, and Frances Mary Keatley, d. of Rev. William John Francis Keatley Stride, Rector of Besselsleigh, Berks; b. 26 June 1926; adm. Sept. 1940 (G); left July 1942; m. 17 Apr. 1957 Valerie Seymour Tupholme; d. Oct. 1991.