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Falconer, John Phillips Egerton, 4th son of John Egerton Falconer, of Nailsworth, Glos, by Isabella Charlotte, fifth daughter of Philip Charles Sheppard, of Bath, Somerset; b. Dec. 1, 1883; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left Dec. 1901; adm. a solicitor 1911; a professional assistant to the Solicitor to H. M. Post Office July 7, 1912; served in the Inns of Court O.T.C. Feb. 15, 1915 - April 22, 1919; author of Genealogical Records of the Falconers of Bath, Part 1 (1919).

FALCONER, THOMAS, son of William Falconer, Inner Temple, barrister, Recorder of Chester, and Elizabeth, dau. of Randle Wilbraham, Townsend, Nantwich, Cheshire; b. 7 Jan 1736 (bapt. St. John’s, Chester 11 Aug 1736 (IGI)); adm. (aged 14) Oct 1750 (Watts'); left 1751; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Mar 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Aug 1754, called to bar 20 Jun 1760; suffered from bad health and spent a life of studious retirement at Chester; called by Miss Seward the “Maecenas” of Chester; left materials for an edition of Strabo; author, Chronological Tables, 1796, and other works; d. unm. 4 Sep 1792. DNB.

Falk, Martin Giles Entwistle, son of George Adolph Falk, solicitor, of Bristol, and Millicent Mary, d. of Wilson Potter; b. 11 Jan. 1917; adm. May 1930 (R); left July 1934; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1934; d. at Cambridge 24 Feb. 1936.

FALKENER, JOHN BANNISTER; b.; adm. 27 Sep 1813; in school list Oct 1814 (as Falkner).

FALKNER, HENRY, son of Henry Falkner, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk; b. (King’s Lynn); adm. 19 Oct 1770; KS (aged 15) 1773; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1777, adm. pens. 28 May 1777, scholar 15 May 1778, matr. Mich. 1781. [will of Henry Falkner, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, gentleman, proved PCC 24 Mar 1789]

FANE, FRANCIS WILLIAM HENRY, 12TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, third son of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland PC GCB, Gen. in the Army, diplomat, and Lady Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole, artist, dau. of William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington PC; grandson of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); b. 19 Nov 1825; adm. (G) 18 Sep 1837; Ensign, 18th Foot 24 Feb 1843; Lieut., 74th Foot 26 Jul 1844; Capt., 25th Foot 1 Aug 1848; served in Sikh War and present at battle of Gujerat 21 Feb 1849; Brevet Maj., 7 Jun 1849; half-pay 22 Apr 1853; Lieut. -Col., unattached, 20 Sep 1854; ADC to Lord Raglan (qv) in Crimean War; half-pay 12 Dec 1854; CB 10 Jul 1855; ret. as Col., 11 Jan 1860; succ. father as 12th Earl of Westmorland 16 Oct 1859; of Apethorpe Hall, Northants.; JP (1861) Northamptonshire, also DL; a prominent racehorse owner, but never won any of the great races for three-year olds; m. 16 Jul 1857 Lady Adelaide Ida Curzon, second dau. of Richard Curzon, 1st Earl Howe PC GCH, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide; d. 3 Aug 1891. DNB.

FANE, JOHN, 9TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, elder son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, previously an attorney in Bristol, and Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Kentish, Clerk in Chancery, and dau. of William Swymmer, Bristol, merchant; b. 5 May 1728; adm. Oct 1739 (Watts'); left 1745; adm. Middle Temple 9 Feb 1741/2; a Supernumary Clerk, Treasury, 26 Jun 1746-8, Under Clerk 3 May 1748 - res 7 Dec 1757; a Commissioner of Taxes 14 Apr 1756 – 2 Feb 1763; MP Lyme Regis 1 Dec 1762 - 12 Nov 1771; LLD Cambridge 3 Jul 1769; succ. father as 9th Earl of Westmorland 12 Nov 1771; DL Somerset 1761; m. 1st, 26 Mar 1758 Augusta, dau. of Lord Montagu Bertie (qv); m. 2nd, 28 May 1767 Lady Susan Gordon, dau. of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon; d. 26 Apr 1774. DNB.

FANE, JOHN, 10TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, elder son of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (qv), and his first wife; b. 1 Jan 1759; adm. 9 Jul 1770; left Jun 1771; at Charterhouse Sch. Jan 1772 - Dec 1775; succ. father as 10th Earl of Westmorland 26 Apr 1774; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 25 Jan 1776; MA 1778; adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1772; while at Cambridge he formed a friendship with William Pitt, which continued through life; joint Postmaster-General 19 Sep 1789 - Jan 1790; Privy Councillor 14 Oct 1789; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 5 Jan 1790 - Jan 1795, being recalled on account of his opposition to Catholic emancipation; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 27 Jan 1790; KG 12 Jun 1793; Master of the Horse 14 Jan 1795- Feb 1798; Lord Privy Seal 1798-1806, 1807-27; DL Northamptonshire 1792, Lord Lieut. from 5 Jul 1828; blind for some years before death; m. 1st, 20 May 1782 Sarah Anne, dau. of Robert Child (qv); m. 2nd, 24 Mar 1800 Jane, second dau. of Richard Huck-Saunders MD FRCP, Physician to St. Thomas’s Hospital; d. 15 Dec 1841. DNB.