FITZGERALD, THOMAS, son of Gerald Fitzgerald, Westminster, Copying Clerk, House of Lords, and Anne ---; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1709; QS 1710; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1714, adm. pens. 27 May 1714, scholar 13 May 1715; BA 1717/8; MA 1721; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 6 Sep 1720, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1721; ordained deacon 9 Mar 1717/8, priest 18 Dec 1718 (both Rochester); an Usher at the School c. 1720 - c. 1745 (?); Curate and Lecturer, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster 1728; Vicar of Brigstock, Northants., 24 Aug - Nov 1737; Rector of Wotton, Surrey, from 24 Dec 1739; Rector of Abinger, Surrey, from 11 Jun 1743; edited Martial and Terence for use at the School; his Poems on several Occasions, 1733, dedicated to Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset (qv), includes the prologue to the school performance of Julius Caesar at which the latter acted; the Poems were reprinted in 1781 by his grandson Thomas Wintour (qv); m. 1st, 2 Jan 1727/8 Anne, dau. of Henry Playford, London, music publisher (her mother, Mrs Playford, was the Dame of a boarding house at the School c. 1719 - c. 1743); 2nd, 25 Aug 1741 Frances Weston, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London; d. 15 Aug 1752.

FITZGERALD-DE ROS, WILLIAM LENNOX LASCELLES, 23RD BARON DE ROS, third son of Lord Henry Fitzgerald MP, and Charlotte, Baroness De Ros, only dau. of Hon. Robert Boyle-Walsingham MP (I); b. 1 Sep 1797; adm. Christmas 1809; KS 1811; said to have passed a night in the Abbey to confront Bradshaw’s ghost, which was supposed to haunt the chamber in the south-west tower and the triforium passage nearby (Stanley, Hist. Mem. of Westminster Abbey, 437, n. 3); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1815, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1815, Canoneer Student 1815-24; BA 1819; MA 1822; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards 29 Mar 1819; Lieut., 24 Aug 1821; Capt., 23 Oct 1824; Maj., 5 Jun 1827; Lieut. -Col., 8 Sep 1831; Col., 9 Nov 1846; Maj. -Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Mar 1861; Gen., 10 Nov 1868; Col., 4th Hussars, from 6 Feb 1865; served as Quartermaster - Gen. in Crimean War; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to William IV 21 Oct 1836; succeeded brother as 23rd Baron De Ros 29 Mar 1839; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard Feb- Dec 1852, Mar 1858 - Jun 1859; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; Lieut. -Governor, Tower of London, from 13 Feb 1852; a Busby Trustee from 16 May 1865; m. 7 Jun 1824 Lady Georgiana Lennox, sister of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (qv); d. 6 Jan 1874.

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.

FITZHERBERT, ---; b.; adm. 11 Feb 1799 (Clapham); in school list 1801; d. 7 Dec 1801.

FITZJOHN, ---; b.; adm.; QS 4 Feb 1553/4 (Acts of Chapter).

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.

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.

FITZRANDOLPH, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1606, matr. Mich. 1606, adm. scholar 1607; BA 1610/1; MA 1614; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1612. [perhaps bapt. Sutton in Ashfield, Notts., 2 Jan 1592, son of Edward Fitzrandolph and Ales Thompson (IGI)]

FitzRoy, Charles Francis Mark, son of Cyril Duncombe FitzRoy, Registrar Roy. Coll. of Art, and his second wife, Margaret, d. of Rev. William Durham DD, Rector of Ladbroke, Warks; b. 5 Mar. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left Dec. 1926; a professional singer; an estate factor at Fraserburgh, Scotland, 1957-; m. 15 June 1936 Irmgard, d. of Baron Rudolf von Dineklage of Hanover; d. 2 May 1994.

FITZROY-SCUDAMORE, CHARLES, natural son of Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton KG FRS, Lord Lieut. Ireland; b.; adm. (aged 8) Nov 1721; KS 1728; left 1730; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 30 Oct 1734; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2 May 1740; Maj., 1 Dec 1747; retired 11 Oct 1748; MP Thetford Feb 1732/3-54, Hereford 1754-68, Heytesbury 1768-74, Thetford 1774 - Mar 1782; Master of Tennis Courts, Royal Household 12 Sep 1727 - Jun 1762; Groom Porter to Kings George II and III 8 May 1743 - Dec 1763; Deputy Cofferer of the Household Jul 1765 - Sep 1769; Cursitor, Court of Chancery (I); Deputy Ranger, Whittlebury Forest, from 1749; his marriage brought him the Scudamore family’s estate at Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, and he assumed additional surname of Scudamore 22 Mar 1749; m. 17 Jul 1748 Hon. Frances Scudamore, divorced wife of Henry Scudamore (formerly Somerset), 3rd Duke of Beaufort (qv), and only dau. of James, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (I) MP; d. 19 Aug 1782.