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            1572 People & Organisations results for Grant's

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            GB-2014-WSA-07172 · Person · 1848-1925

            FITZGERALD, HENRY VESEY, younger son of Right Hon. Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald PC GCSI, Governor of Bombay, Conservative politician, and Maria Tryphena, dau. of Edward Seymour MD; b. 12 Dec 1848; adm. (G) 30 May 1861; Min. Can. 1863; coxed Westminster eight against Eton 28 Jul 1864; left Aug 1864; District Superintendent of Police, Bombay; m. 7 Aug 1873 Josephine Louisa, dau. of Robert St. George, Ahascragh, co. Galway, Ireland; d. 16 Mar 1925.

            Fitzjohn, Tudor, 1875-1962
            GB-2014-WSA-07181 · Person · 1875-1962

            Fitzjohn, Tudor, son of the Rev. Thomas Lechmere Tudor Fitzjohn, Vicar of Cardington, Salop, by Emily Mercy, second daughter of William Patchett, of Shrewsbury; b. July 9, 1875; adm. Jan. 16, 1890 (G); left July 1891; Non-Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1896, migrated to Caius Coll., where he was adm. pensr. Jan. 14, 1898, and kept four terms; 2nd Lieut. Wares Regt. (from the Militia) April 21, 1900; Lieut. Dec. 8, 1900; Capt. Aug. 25, 1906; Major Oct. 26, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. 7th Batt. Lancs Regt. Dec. 20, 1915 - April 23, 1918, acting Lieut.-Col. 8th Batt. Lancs Fusiliers April 24 -July 30, 1918, and acting Lieut.­Col. Worcs Rcgt. Sept. 9, 1918 - Feb. 22, 1919; Lieut.-Col. in the army May 31, 1922; retired. June 25, 1922; served in the South African War with the Mounted Infantry 1901-2, and in Great War I 1914-21; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, 1917, and July 9, 1919; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917, Bar July 30, 1919; French War Cross; m. May 17, 1916, Jessie Louisa, widow of Lieut.-Col. Victor G. Rickards, of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and daughter of the Rev. Canon Courtenay Moore, Rector of Mitchelstown, Co. Cork; d. 1962.

            GB-2014-WSA-07182 · Person · 1873-1945

            Fitzmaurice, Desmond, son of John Gerald Fitzmaurice, of Ealing, one of H. M. Inspectors of Schools, by Florence Augusta Marian, only daughter of Thomas Adolphus Boyrenson, of Belgaum, Bombay; b. Nov. 27, 1873; adm. from St. Edward's School, Oxford, April 29, 1886 (G); exhibitioner 1887; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1892, matric. Oct. 1892; B.A. 1898; M.A. 1906; Cuddesdon Coll. Oxford, 1902; ordained deacon 1904, priest 1905 (Worcester); Curate of Coleshill, Warwicks, 1904-6, on the Bishop of Worcester's special staff at Hartlebury, 1906-7; held a number of curacies; Vicar of Great with Little Hampton, Worcs, 1915-32; Rector of Semley, Wilts 1932-44; m. Oct. 28, 1911, Norah Violet Edith Lindsay, daughter of Henry Lindsay Young, of Shrewsbury; d. July 18, 1945.

            GB-2014-WSA-07196 · Person · 1922-1975

            Flanders, Michael Henry, son of Peter Henry Flanders and Rosa Laura O'Beirne, violinist, d. of Henry Charles O'Beirne of Hastings; b. 1 Mar. 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (G); left July 1940; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1940; RNVR (coastal forces) 1942-3; contracted poliomyelitis 1943, confined to a wheelchair 1946; a writer, actor and broadcaster; main author of revue Airs on a Shoestring 1953; BBC current affairs and newsreel commentator 1951-8, chairman Brains Trust 1958; with Donald Ibrahim Swann (qv) presented the two-man revues At the Drop of a Hat, and At the Drop of Another Hat, which ran in UK, USA and Canada 1956-67; appeared with RSC in The Caucasian Chalk Circle 1962; QBE 1964; m. 31 Dec. 1959 Claudia, d. of Prof. Robert Gorham Davis of Columbia Univ.; d. 15 Apr. 1975. DNB 1971-80, 319-21.

            GB-2014-WSA-07236 · Person · 1844-1922

            FLUDYER, SIR ARTHUR JOHN, BART., second son of Sir John Henry Fludyer, Bart. (qv); b. 12 Oct 1844; adm. (G) 21 Jul 1857; left Dec 1861; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1863; succ. father as 5th baronet 4 Aug 1896; of Ayston Hall, Rutland; DL JP Rutland, High Sheriff 1900; m. 9 Sep 1876 his cousin Augusta Frances, third dau. of Sir Edward Richard Borough, Bart. (qv); d. 27 Jan 1922.

            Fludyer, Charles, 1840-1895
            GB-2014-WSA-07237 · Person · 1840-1895

            FLUDYER, CHARLES, eldest son of Sir John Henry Fludyer, Bart. (qv); b. 26 Apr 1840; adm. (G) 26 Mar 1852; left 1854; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 17 Nov 1857; Lieut. and Capt., 18 Mar 1862; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 9 Apr 1870, when he retired; lost a large fortune in development of Cornish mines; m. 19 Apr 1866 Lucy Harriet Fanny, only dau. of Lieut. -Col. William Henry Moore Hodder, Hoddersfield, co. Cork; d. 14 Jan 1895.

            Fludyer, Henry, 1847-1920
            GB-2014-WSA-07240 · Person · 1847-1920

            FLUDYER, HENRY, youngest son of Sir John Henry Fludyer, Bart. (qv); b. 22 May 1847; adm. (G) 4 Apr 1860; left Aug 1864; Ensign and Lieut., Scots Fusilier Guards 29 May 1866; Lieut. and Capt., 21 Aug 1869; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., Scots Guards 19 Dec 1877; Maj., 11 Jun 1884; Col., 21 Dec 1887; Lieut. -Col. commanding 2nd battn. 1892; retd. on half-pay 1896; Col. commanding Scots Guards and Regimental District 1 Jun 1898; retd. 1 Jun 1903; reappointed to command of Scots Guards Aug 1914; retd. 1916; served in Egypt 1882 and on expedition to Sudan 1885; a Gentleman Usher in Ordinary to Kings Edward VII and George V; CVO 28 May 1901; m. 23 Jul 1891 Mary Stuart, only child of Alexander Radcliffe Hordern, Onslow Gardens, London; d. 8 Apr 1920.

            GB-2014-WSA-07275 · Person · 1918-1943

            Forbes, Peter Fraser Lestock, son of Sidney Lestock Forbes of Putney; b. 20 Mar. 1918; adm. May 1932 (G); left Dec. 1934; 2nd Lieut. Rajputana Rifles IA 1942; d. of wounds in Burma Feb. 1943.

            Peter Fraser Lestock Forbes was born at Bournemouth, Hampshire on the 20th of March 1918 the younger son of Sidney Lestock Forbes, an engineer, and Edith Lizzie (nee Goodwin) Forbes of Putney, later of “Beggars Roost”, Seven Hills Road, Cobham in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from May 1932 to December 1934. He won the Pancake Greaze in 1933.
            He enlisted in the army where he rose to the rank of Lance Corporal before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Indian Army on the 28th of May 1942.
            His funeral took place on the 27th of February 1943.
            He is buried at Kirkee War Cemetery Plot 8, Row K, Grave 15.

            GB-2014-WSA-07293 · Person · 1819-1891

            FORESTER, HENRY WILLIAM, only son of Maj. Francis Forester MP, Royal Horse Guards, St. James’s Place, London, and Lady Louisa Catherine Barbara Vane, eldest dau. of William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland KG; b. 12 Feb 1819; adm. (G) 16 Jan 1832; rowed against Eton 12 May 1836; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Dec 1837; BA 1841; MA 1844; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 May 1844, called to bar 9 May 1848; m. 1 Feb 1858 Hon. Eleanor Alexandrina Fraser, dau. of Hon. William Fraser and sister of Alexander Fraser, 17th Baron Saltoun; d. 7 Jan 1891 [or 1901 : check].

            GB-2014-WSA-07298 · Person · 1905-1981

            Forman, Patrick William, son of William Sainsbury Forman of Southall, Middx; b. 17 Mar. 1905; adm. Jan. 1920 (G); left Mar. 1922; a farmer; m. 5 Oct. 1936 Alice, d. of John Ewart Thomas of Mill Hill; d. 22 July 1981.