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Fox, John Victor, son of Jack Framlingham Fox of King's Lynn and Flora Jerusha, d. of David Hodge of Buenos Aires; b. 1 Dec. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (A); (B) Sept. 1931; left July 1934; Roy. Coll. of Music; served WW2 1940-6; HM Civil Service, Min. of Agriculture, res. 1973; 15 Dec. 2003.

FOX, JOHN, son of John Fox, Rowston, Lincs. ; b. ; at school under Markham (W. W. R. Ball & J. A. Venn, eds. , Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb. , iii, 195); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Dec 1760, aged 17, scholar 1761, matr. Mich. 1761; BA 1765; MA 1768; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1767, Major Fellow 1768; ordained deacon 29 May 1768 (Lincoln), priest 25 Dec 1770 (Peterborough); Chaplain, 1st Foot Guards 17 Mar 1769 – [still in Army list 1790]; Rector of Etton, Yorks. , from 1780; Rector of Sigston, Yorks. , from 1791 [or 1788, check]; Rector of Harswell, Yorks. , 1791-9; d. 20 Apr 1816.

FOX, SACKVILLE, fourth son of Henry Fox, Bramham, Yorks., and his second wife Hon. Frances Lane, sister of James Lane, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough (I) (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) May 1722; in under school list 1724; 2nd Lieut., Jeffrey’s Marines 22 Jan 1740/1; Lieut., 13th Foot 25 Jun 1744; Capt., Cornwall’s Marines 9 Jan 1746/7; [not in Army List 1759 ?]; Genealogist, Order of the Bath; m. Ann Holloway, Birmingham; d. 1 Dec 1760.

Fox, William Francis, eldest son of William Scott Fox, of Paddington, solicitor, by Mary Ann, daughter of Francis Thomson; b. Oct. 29, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (G); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1896, matric. Oct. 1896; Boulter exhibitioner 1898; 1st class Jurisprudence 1899; Vinerian Law Scholar 1901; Eldon Law Scholar 1904; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1904; B.C. L. 1904; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn June 27, 1906; clerk in the office of the Charity Commissioners 1911; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Dec. 2, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in France May 1917 - Feb. 1919; mentioned in despatches; Asst. Charity Commissioner 1921-39; secretary to the Commissioners 1939; retired 1942; O.B.E. June 13, 1947; m. 1st Aug. 4, 1909, Rhoda Lettice Guillum, sister of Guy Harden Guillum Scott (q.v.); 2nd June 13, 1928, Edyth Matilda, daughter of Thomas Edward Fuller, of Westgate, Kent; d. Feb. 16, 1950.

FOXE, ----; b.; adm.; QS 1565-70 (Chapter Muniments 54006-18, 54020).

Foxlee, Ralph Rudd, brother of Richard William Foxlee (q.v.); b. Sept. 22, 1892; adm. May 2, 1907 (H); left Easter 1910; A.M.I.C.E. 1919; in the service of British Railways; retired 1953; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R. Anglesey Engineers, Jan. 4, 1916; Lieut.; m. Jan. 15, 1936; Adelaide Isabel Bessie Louisa, daughter of William Edward Hart, of Kilderry, co. Donegal.

Foxlee, Richard William, elder son of William Theodore Foxlee, M.Inst.C.E., of Weybridge, Surrey, by Fanny Elizabeth, daughter of Herbert Tew, of Harrow, Middx; b. May 29, 1885; adm. May 14, 1900 (H); left July 1903; A. M. l. C. E. March 7, 1911; M. l. C. E. Jan. 8, 1929; Deputy Chief Engineer (Civil), Office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies 1928-45; Chief Civil Engineer 1945-9; Engineer-in-Chief and Engg. Advisor to Secy. of State for the Colonies 1949-54; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1945; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1953; m. April 2, 1913, Olive Marjorie, elder daughter of F. R. Flintan, of Hersham, Surrey; d. Nov. 27, 1961.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, EDWARD, fifth son of Hon. and Rev. Charles Redlynch Fox-Strangways, Rector of Rewe, Devon, and Jane, youngest dau. of Rev. Dr. --- Haines; b. 3 Apr 1806; adm. (G) 20 Sep 1820; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; BA 1827; ordained; Rector of Melbury Osmond, Dorset, from 1830; d. in British Honduras 31 Dec 1838.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, HON. GILES DIGBY ROBERT, brother of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); b. 26 May 1798; adm. 17 Jan 1810; left 1812; Cornet, 7th Light Dragoons 4 May 1815; Lieut., 12 Dec 1816; half-pay 25 Mar - 24 Jul 1817; Capt., 27 Feb 1823; d. 12 Feb 1827.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, HON. JOHN GEORGE CHARLES, brother of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); b. 6 Feb 1803; adm. 22 May 1815 (Best's); KS 1817; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1821, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1821 (sic), but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1821 (sic); BA 1824; a Clerk, Foreign Office; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Adelaide 23 Jul 1830-7; MP (Whig) Calne Sep 1836-7, Dorset 1837-41; m. 19 Feb 1844 Amelia, third dau. of Edward Marjoribanks, Greenlands, Bucks., banker; d. 8 Sep 1859.