Franks, Rudolph Keane, son of Edward Franks, of Tooting, a clerk in the India Office, by Jane Grace, daughter of George Cattermole, R. A.; b. June 7, 1879; adm. April 27, 1893 (H); left April 1896; in the service of the P. & O. Steamship Navigation Co. (Malta and Bombay) 1897-1909; enlisted in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (Yeomanry) as a Trooper in Aug. 1914, and went out to the western front in the following month; 2nd Lieut. N. Somerset Yeomanry July 18, 1915; Musketry Instructor 1916; Lieut. July 1, 1917, and Adjutant with the rank of Capt. until demob.; M.B.E. June 3, 1919; at different times a breeder of pedigree dogs in Oxfordshire and Somerset, and an antique dealer at Sulgrave; m. 1st March 11, 1922, Charlotte Margaret, daughter of Major George Holland, V. D., of Birchington, Kent; 2nd June 15, 1943, Marie Kathleen, 2nd daughter of Rev. George Marie Capell, Rector of Passenham, Northants; d. 29 Dec. 1970.

FRASER (or FRAIZER), CHARLES, second son of Sir Alexander Fraser (or Fraizer), Bart., MD FRCP, Physician in Ordinary to Charles I and II, and his first wife Elizabeth Dowchly; b.; at school in 1660; KS 1664; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1667, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1667, scholar 1668; BA 1670/1; MA 1674; MD 1678; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1673 - c. 1683; Physician in Ordinary to Charles II, James II and William III from 25 Aug 1677; FRCP 1684; said to have become insane c. 1698; translated some of Plutarch’s Lives and was possibly the translator of Marana’s Letters of a Turkish Spy; dead by 2 Feb 1700.

Fraser, Francis William Ion Victor, son of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire, by Beatrice, daughter of Capt. Henderson Macdonald, of Caskieben, in the same co.; b. April 28, 1887; adm. Jan. 16, 1902 (R); left Dec. 1904; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Seaforth Highlanders Aug. 29, 1906; Lieut. June 3, 1911; employed with West African Frontier Force Sept. 1, 1911 - Aug. 4, 1914; Capt. Nov. 13, 1914; employed under the Air Ministry April 1, 1918 - June 11, 1919, and by the Colonial Office Aug. 6, 1920 - Nov. 19, 1922; served on the N. W. Frontier oflndia 1908, and in Great War I, and was wounded; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916; M.C. Jan. 1, 1916; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; retired from the army with rank of Major, Jan. 11, 1928; Flying Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Sept. 3, 1939; acting Sqdn.-Ldr.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1945; m. Sept. 30, 1919, Naomi, youngest daughter of Frederick Innes Comins, of Caergwrle, co. Denbigh; d. Nov. 3, 1962.

Fraser, Ian Jasper, brother of Kenneth Gordon Fraser (q.v.); b. July 20, 1900; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1914; a merchant; m. Feb. 24, 1926, Olive, daughter of Stewart Greenwood, of Bromley, Kent; d. Dec. 1986.

Fraser, James Graham Farncombe, son of Arthur Fraser and Phyllis Mary, d. of Harry Farncombe of Southsea, Hants; b. 1 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (G); left July 1954; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1961; Guy’s Hosp. Med. Sch. 1959-62, BM BCh 1961; FRCS 1967; ENT surgeon Univ. Coll. Hosp. 1971; m. 1963 Patricia Mary Fraser MD, d. of John G. Thompson, engineer, of Totteridge; d. 8 Feb. 1994.

Fraser, Kenneth Gordon, son of John Fraser, of Bromley, Kent, by Rose, daughter of Samuel Frost, of Hardingstone, Northants; b. Sept. 12, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1912; m. Jan. 2, 1941, Beatrice Kathleen, daughter of Edward Heathfield, of Faversham, Kent.

Fraser, Robert Leslie, son of Robert Stevens Fraser, of Paddington, solicitor, by Elizabeth, daughter of William Grove, of Brackley, Kent; b. Nov. 4, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left March 1902; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A. 1906; adm. a solicitor June 1910; practised in the City of London; d. Sept. 13, 1916; unm.

Fraser, Robert, son of James Fraser, of Craigton, Ross; b. Feb. 14, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (G); left Easter 1913.

Fraser, Tammy William, son of James Donald Fraser, co. dir., and Geraldine Margaret Annette, d. of William Box of Stratford-on-Avon, Warks; b. 4 Dec. 1946; adm. Sept. 1960 (R); left July 1965; a mech. engineer; d. 1 Apr. 1993.

Frazer, Thomas Athol, son of Sir Thomas Frazer OBE, dir. insurance cos, and his first wife Flor ence Maud, d. of Vincent Slater; b. 27 Mar. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1930; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1937; RNVR 1939-45 (Lieut.-Cdr); MIEE 1959; chief elec­trical engineer Distillers Co.; BP Chemicals lnternat. Ltd 1967-72; retd 1972; m. 7 June 1941 Madeline Laura, d. of S. G. Lacey, dental surgeon; d. 2 Feb. 1987.