FAWCETT, ROBERT TWISTLETON, son of Thomas Fawcett (qv); bapt. 11 Jun 1795; adm. 5 Oct 1808; left 1812; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 14 Mar 1812; Lieut., 7 Apr 1813; 2nd Dragoons 27 Apr 1815; Capt., 25 Oct 1825; retd. 23 Feb 1838.
FAWCETT, THOMAS, brother of John Pulteney (qv); b.; adm. 27 Apr 1778; KS (aged 13) 1781; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1785, matr. 26 May 1785, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1785 - void by marriage 23 Jan 1789; BA 1791; MA 1808; ordained deacon 29 Jun 1792, priest 8 Oct 1796 (both Peterborough); Curate, Thenford, Northants 1792, Woodford, Northants 1796; Rector of Bradden, Northants., 17 Feb 1797 - 1818; Rector of Aynho, Northants., 11 Feb 1808 - 30; Rector of Green’s Norton, Northamptonshire, from 5 Jan 1818; m. 20 Dec 1788 (IGI) Anne, dau. of J. Portis, London; d. 11 Sep 1853.
FAWCETT, WALKER DAWSON, younger son of Gen. Right Hon. Sir William Fawcett PC KB, Adjutant-General, also Governor of Chelsea Hospital, and his first wife Susanna, dau. of John Brooke, Hampstead, Middlesex; b.; at school under Markham (statement solely based on his presence at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783, as recorded by Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); RMA Woolwich, cadet there aged 10 in Sep 1764; Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte Sep 1765 – Nov 1772; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 30 Oct 1772; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1778; Ensign, Native Infantry 7 Jun 1779; Lieut., 1 Feb 1781; Capt. -Lieut., 25 Apr 1797; Capt., 1 Nov 1798; Maj., 6th Native Cavalry 29 May 1800; Lieut. -Col, 5th Native Infantry 17 Jul 1801; Col., 27 Feb 1812; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1813; served in Second Mahratta War; d. 12 Dec 1823].
FAWKES, ---; b.; adm.; left 1806; possibly A. Fawke (sic) who was a member of the OW Cricket Club in 1806.
FAWKES, AYSCOUGH, brother of Thomas Fawkes (qv); b. 24 Sep 1706; adm. Oct 1716; in under school list 1719; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1723; adm. Gray’s Inn 20 Nov 1723, called to bar 27 Nov 1730, Bencher 28 Oct 1745, Treasurer 1754; also adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 May 1737; of Farnley, Yorks.; d. unm. 14 Jan 1771.
FAWKES, EDWARD, only son of Edward Fawkes, Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, and Paris; b. 8 Aug 1811; adm. (G) 20 Jun 1821; Ensign, 88th Foot 14 Feb 1828; Lieut., 21 Dec 1832; retd. 5 Apr 1839; of Waterlooville, Hampshire; m. 3 Jun 1858 (IGI) Helen Sarah, widow of Lieut. Howe Courtenay Daniel, 7th Dragoon Guards, and youngest dau. of Matthew Gosset, Bagot, Jersey, Channel Islands, and his third wife; d. 5 Jun 1889.
FAWKES, THOMAS, eldest son of Francis Fawkes MP, Otley, Yorks., and Margaret, second dau. of John Ayscough, Osgoldby, Yorks.; b. 28 Apr 1704; adm. Oct 1716; in under school list 1718; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 May 1721; adm. Gray’s Inn 10 Nov 1722; of Farnley, Yorks.; m. 2 Jun 1730 Rebecca Maria, dau. of Sir Henry Atkins, Bart.; buried Otley 22 Nov 1751.
FAWKES, WALTER RAMSDEN BEAUMONT, son of Walter Hawksworth (qv); b. 11 Aug 1746; in school list Jun 1764; left 6 Aug 1764; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1764, aged 18; assumed surname of Fawkes in lieu of Hawksworth 1786, on inheriting estates of his cousin Francis Fawkes, Farnley, Yorks.; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1789; m. 28 Dec 1767 Amelia, eldest dau. of James Farrer, Barnburgh Grange, Yorks.; d. 17 Oct 1792.
FAWKES, WALTER RAMSDEN, eldest son of Walter Ramsden Beaumont Fawkes (qv); b. 2 Mar 1769; adm. 5 Feb 1781; left Whitsun 1786; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, [add date admission or matriculation]1786; assumed surname of Fawkes in lieu of Hawksworth 2 Dec 1792, on succeeding to father’s estates; a keen agriculturist and successful breeder of cattle; an active member of the advanced section of the Whig party and prominent in the anti-slave trade movement; MP Yorkshire 1806-7; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1823; early patron and intimate friend of the painter J. M. W. Turner; part of his famous collection of works by Turner was sold at Christie’s 27 Jun 1890; author, The Chronology of the History of Modern Europe, 1810, and other works; m. 1st, 28 Aug 1794 Maria, dau. of Robert Grimston, Neswick, Yorks.; m. 2nd, 4 Jan 1816 Maria Sophia, widow of Hon. and Rev. Pierce Butler, and dau. of John Vernon, Clontarf Castle, co. Dublin; d. 24 Oct 1825. DNB.