FOULKES, ROBERT, son of Edward Foulkes, Cuppins Lane, Chester, and Rebecca ---; bapt. 18 Nov 1703; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1716; Min. Can. 1718; KS 1719; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1724, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1724, scholar 16 Apr 1725, matr. 1724. [Note that Robert Foulkes, M. A., Vicar of Steeple Ashton, Wilts., for 23 years, d. 24 Aug 1771, aged 77 (sic) (M. I. Steeple Ashton, Wilts. ) : same individual ?]

FOULKES, RICHARD, brother of Peter Foulkes (qv); bapt. St. Mary on the Hill, Chester 25 Mar 1688 (IGI); adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1702; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1706, matr. 27 May 1706, aged 18, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1706- void 1720, Tutor 1713-7; BA 1710; MA 16 Mar 1712/3; ordained; Rector of Seaton, Rutland, 23 Mar 1718/9-24 [check]; Rector of Bulwick, Northants., 13 Jun 1719 - res 1721; d. 9 Dec 1725.

FOULKES, PETER, third son of Robert Foulkes, Llechryd, Denbighshire, Deputy Baron of the Court of Exchequer, Chester, and Jane Ameridith, Landulph, Cornwall; a relation of William Jane (qv); bapt. St. Mary on the Hill, Chester 5 Nov 1676 (IGI); adm.; KS 1690; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 16 Jun 1694, aged 17, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1694 - void by marriage 1707, Tutor 1701-7, Junior Censor 1703-5; BA 1698; MA 1701; DD 1710; Proctor 1705; ordained; Prebendary of Exeter from 29 Sep 1704, Sub-Dean 25 Jun 1723-4, Chancellor 27 May 1724-31, Precentor 1 Oct 1731; Rector of Cheriton Bishop, Devon, from 1714; Canon of Christ Church from 25 Nov 1724, Sub-Dean 1725-33; he and John Freind (KS 1691, qv) produced an edition of Demosthenes, De Corona, 1695, of which a copy given by Foulkes to Jonathan Trelawny (qv) is in the School Library; m. 1st, 4 Aug 1707 Elizabeth Bidgood, Rockbeare, Devon; m. 2nd, by 1726, ---, sister of William Holwell, Exeter, Devon; m. 3rd, 26 Dec 1738 Anne, widow of William Holwell, and second dau. of Right Rev. Offspring Blackall DD, Bishop of Exeter; d. 4 May 1747. DNB.

FOULIS, MARK, brother of John Robinson Foulis (qv); b. 9 Feb 1803; adm. (G) 11 Jan 1815; left 3 Apr 1819; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1821; d. 4 Mar 1858.

FOTHERGILL, RICHARD, younger son of Lieut. -Col. John Fothergill, Kingthorpe House, near Pickering, Yorkshire; b. 21 May 1806; adm. (G) 17 Jan 1820; d. 15 Jan 1822.

FOTHERBY, EDMUND, son of Sir John Fotherby, Kt, Barham, Kent, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Anthony Cooke, Kt, Gidea Hall, near Romford, Essex; b.; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1648; BA 1648/9; MA 1652; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1651 - c. 1660; ordained; Vicar of Gainford, co. Durham, from 16 Jan 1659/60; m.; d. 12 Mar 1700/1, aged 76.

FOSTER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Foster, Herts. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS, lxix, f. 224).

Foster, Stanley Philip John, son of Stanley Charles Foster, civil servant, and Jessie Ellen Foster; b. 10 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left July 1929; RA in WW2 (Capt.); Westland Helicopters, Yeovil, 1968-76; m. 5 Sept. 1936 Gwyneth Beryl, d. of Burford Congdon of Purley, Surrey; d. 6 Dec. 1979.

Foster, Norman Leslie, son of Arthur Leslie Foster (qv); b. 26 Aug. 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; RMA Woolwich 1928-9; 2nd Lieut. RA Aug. 1929, Lieut. Aug. 1932. Capt. Aug. 1938, Maj. July 1946, Lieut.-Col. Apr. 1952, Col. Dec. 1954, Brigadier Dec. 1958, Maj.-Gen. 1959; psc 1940, jssc 1947; served 1939-45 in Egypt and Italy; despatches (Africa) Apr. 1944; DSO (Italy) June 1945; CRA 11 Armoured Divn 1955-6; Imp. Defence Coll 1957; dep. Mili­tary Sec. War Office 1958-9; GOC Roy. Nigerian Army 1959-62; CB June 1961; pres. Regular Commissions Board 1962-5; retd 1965; Col. Commandant Roy. Regt of Artillery 1966-74; security adviser Civil Service Dept 1974-9; chairman Truman & Knightley Educauonal Trust 1977-80, pres. 1982-7; m. 20 July 1937 Joan Constance, d. of Rev. Thomas William Ernest Drury, Canon and Precentor of St Patrick, Dublin; d. 3 Jan. 1995.

Foster, John Birkhead, son of Joshua James Foster, of Upper Tooting, by Bertha Woodman, daughter of George Carter, of Lewknor, co. Oxon.; b. Jan. 21, 1894; adm. May 2, 1907 (A); left July 1912; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1915; branch sec. of the Agricultural Organization Society 1916-21; organizing sec. National Farmers Union 1921-36; president of the London Natural History Society 1939; m. Sept. 3, 1932, Oonah Elizabeth, daughter of William Geoghegan, M.B.E., of Wimbledon; d. 1970.