FOULKES, THOMAS, brother of Peter Foulkes (qv); bapt. St. Mary on the Hill, Chester 5 Nov 1690 (IGI); adm.; QS 1704; left 1708; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1708, aged 17, Canoneer Student 22 Jul 1708-22, Tutor 1715-21, Junior Censor 1720; BA 1712; MA 1714; ordained deacon 12 Mar 1719, priest 11 Jun 1720 (both Winchester); Vicar of Yeovil, Somerset, from 5 May 1721; Rector of Sock Dennis, Somerset 28 May 1728; m. 1721 Philadelphia, eldest dau. of Capt. Richard Clerke, South Weston, Thame, Oxfordshire; d. 1751.
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FOUNTAINE, (AUGUSTUS) THOMAS, son of Rev. John Fountaine DD, headmaster of a preparatory school at Marylebone, by Jane Anne, sister of William De La Place (qv); b. 13 Mar 1737; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1749 (as Augustus Fountaine) (Morel's); KS (aged 13) 1750 (as Thomas Fountaine); Capt. of the School 1755; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1756, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1756, scholar 6 May 1757, matr. Mich. 1757; BA 1760; MA 1763; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1762, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1763; ordained deacon 17 Aug 1766, priest 31 Aug 1766 (both Winchester); Vicar of Old Windsor, Berks., 1771 (disp. to hold with North Tidworth 1780); Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1772 (still 1793); Prebendary of Worcester from 20 Apr 1774; Perpetual Curate of Putney, Surrey, 16 Dec 1775-88; Rector of North Tidworth, Wilts., 1780-8; Vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcs., from 2 Oct 1788; Vicar of Tarrington, Herefs., from 21 Jan 1790; m. Elizabeth --- (IGI); d. 4 May 1815.
FOUNTAINE, WILLIAM NASSAU, son of (Augustus) Thomas Fountaine (qv); bapt. St. Mary, Marylebone Road 24 Apr 1777 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1792; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1798; Ensign, 9th Bengal Native Infantry 3 Oct 1799; Lieut., 28 Oct 1799; Capt., 5 Jun 1811; Maj., 1 Feb 1820; d. at Baitool, Bengal 25 Dec 1824.
FOWKE, RICHARD, son of John Fowke, Gunston, Staffs., and Joyce, dau. of Richard March, Stepney, Middlesex, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Charles I and II; b.; adm. c. 1662; KS 1666; from a letter written by Sir Joseph Williamson (qv) to the Dean of Christ Church, dated Whitehall 6 May 1669, it appears that Richard March had petitioned the King for the election of his grandson to Christ Church, Oxford (CSP Dom 1668-9, 314-5); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1669, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1669, scholar 1670; 5th in “ordo” 1672/3; BA 1672/3; MA 1676; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1674; signed for deacon’s and priest’s orders 11 Jun 1674 (both London); Vicar of Great Stanmore, Middlesex, 12 Apr 1677-86; Rector of Greystoke, Cumberland, from 1686; m. 1 May 1677 Elizabeth (IGI) (or Joyce ?), dau. of Sir Humphrey Sydenham, Kt., Chelworth, Somerset; buried Greystoke 19 Feb 1692/3.
FOWKE, ROGER, brother of Richard Fowke (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1669; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1672, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1672, scholar 1673, matr. 1675; BA 1675/6; ordained priest (London) 21 May 1676.
FOWLER, ABRAHAM, son of --- Fowler, Oxford, barber; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1568, Westminster Student to 1572; BA 27 Feb 1571/2; contributed a poem in alternate rhymes to A Philosophical Discussion entituled The Anatomie of the Minde newlie made, and set forth by T. R., 1576. DNB.
FOWLER, ROBERT, third son of George Fowler, Skendleby Thorpe, Lincs., and Mary, dau. of Robert Hurst, Theddlethorpe, Lincs.; b. 23 Dec 1724; adm. Jun 1738; KS 1740; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1744, adm. pens. 24 May 1744, scholar 3 May 1745; 12th in Maths tripos 1747/8; BA 1747/8; MA 1751; DD 1764; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1750, Major Fellow 31 Jul 1751, occasional Tutor 1752; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1752, priest 25 Dec 1752 (both Ely); Chaplain in Ordinary to George II and III 1756-71; Prebendary of Westminster 16 Feb 1765 - Jun 1771; Rector of Kimpton, Herts., by 1759 (occurs as JP Hertfordshire 1761-4); consecrated Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 28 Jul 1771; translated to Archbishopric of Dublin 8 Jan 1779; Privy Councillor (I) 4 Feb 1779; first Chancellor of the Order of St. Patrick, instituted 1783; m. 29 Oct 1766 Mildred, eldest dau. of William Dealtry, Gainsborough, Lincs.; d. 10 Oct 1801. DNB.
FOWNES, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Fownes, Dorchester, Dorset, and Alice, dau. of John Wynne; b.; adm.; KS 1679; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1683, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1683, aged 18, scholar 10 Apr 1684, matr. 1685/6; BA 1686/7; MA 1690; Fellow, Peterhouse, from 10 Oct 1687; Junior Proctor 1706-7; ordained deacon Sep 1692, priest May 1694 (both Ely); Rector of Wimpole, Cambs., from 30 Jun 1695; buried Little St. Mary’s, Cambridge 20 May 1713.
FOX, FRANCIS, son of Rev. Hopewell Fox, Vicar of Lydney, Gloucs.; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1660; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 27 May 1661, scholar 1662; BA 1664/5; MA 1668; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1667 - c. 1675; ordained deacon 29 May 1670, priest 24 Sep 1670 (both Ely); Surmaster, St. Paul’s Sch. 1673-85; m.; d. 28 Apr 1686.
Fox, Henry Benjamin, son of Cornelius Henry Fox AMIEE of Sidcup, Kent, and Mary Catherine Elizabeth, d. of Thomas McLachlan Ronald of Ilfracombe, Devon; b. 10 Feb. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (KS); left July 1935; an insurance broker at Antwerp; 2nd Lieut. Intell. Corps 1941, transf. Roy. Signals 1942 (Capt.); m. 30 Oct. 1943 Dora Elizabeth, d. of F. E. Ritters of Chichester; Nov. 2000.