FERMOR, GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF POMFRET, eldest son of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret KB, Master of the Horse to Queen Caroline, and Hon. Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline, only dau. of John Jeffreys, 2nd Baron Jeffreys of Wem (qv); b. 25 Jun 1722; adm. Jun 1731; left 1735; styled Viscount Leominster to 1753; Grand Tour (in Italy in 1741); Lieut., 4th Regt. of Horse Jan 1739; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 11 Feb 1741/2; Capt., Handasyde’s (16th) Foot 30 Apr 1743; resigned 24 Jan 1752; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Pomfret 8 Jul 1753; a Lord of the Bedchamber 2 Aug 1762 - Sep 1780, the King dismissing him because he had turned out an under-keeper; Ranger of the Little Park, Windsor 8 Feb 1763 (still 1783); Privy Councillor 1 Mar 1771; m. 3 May 1764 Anna Maria, dau. of Charles Draycott (formerly Delagarde) (IGI), Sunbury, Middlesex; d. 9 Jun 1785.
FERMOR, HON. WILLIAM, brother of George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (qv); b. 23 Jul 1723; adm. Jun 1731; in school list 1734; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 16 Aug 1742; Capt. 1 Jan 1745; d. unm. 23 Dec 1749.
FERREBEE, MICHAEL, son of Jonathan Ferrebee, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster, and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 14 Jan 1703 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jan 1716/7; KS 1718; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1722, matr. 6 Jun 1722, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1722 - void by marriage 18 Dec 1731 (sic); while at Oxford he fought a duel with Charles Arbuthnot (Min. Can. 1719, qv), a love affair being the cause of the quarrel; they were both made to ask pardon publicly in Hall, and Ferrebee was suspended from taking his degree for two years and also had to translate the whole of Cicero’s De Oratore (Thompson, Christ Church, 148-9); BA 1728; MA 1730; ordained; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1734; Domestic Chaplain to John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (qv) (The Orrery Papers, i, 130; ii, 160); Rector of Rolleston, Staffs., from 1738; m. 1st, 25 Nov 1729 [but check date] Jane Gillies, St. Andrew’s, Holborn; . m. 2nd, 15 Jul 1740 Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Wrigley, Langley Hall, Middleton, Lancs.; m. 3rd, 2 Dec 1756 (IGI) Ann Ragg; buried 28 May 1777.
FERRERS, EDMUND, son of Edmund Ferrers, Cookham Lowerbrooks, Berks., and of Inner Temple, barrister, and Hannah, dau. of Thomas Bromfield MD, President Royal Coll. Physicians; b. 15 Jul 1749; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1798); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Feb 1768; BA 1771; MA 1774 (incorp. Cambridge 1782); ordained deacon (Oxford for Winchester) 14 Jun 1772, priest (Oxford) 19 Dec 1773; Rector of Wroughton, Wilts., 1779; Rector of Cheriton, Hampshire 1780 (still 1788); Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1793; FSA 14 Apr 1796; m. 1st, 19 Dec 1780 Ann, only child of James Burningham (IGI), Odiham, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 24 Apr 1787 (IGI) Caroline Mary, dau. of Right Rev. Edward Young DD, Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns; d. 24 Jul 1825.
FERRERS, EDMUND, eldest son of William Stewart Ferrers, Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, barrister, and his first wife Emilia, dau. of Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., MP; b. 15 May 1859; adm. 29 Jan 1873; left Apr 1876; d. unm. 14 Jul 1888.
FERRERS, JOHN BROMFIELD, brother of Edmund Ferrers (at school under Markham, qv); b. 10 Feb 1758; adm. 19 Jul 1773; left Whitsun 1775; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 May 1777; BA 1781 (incorp. Cambridge 1808); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1808; MA Cambridge 1808; ordained deacon (Oxford for Norwich) 10 Jun 1781, priest (London) 26 May 1782; Rector of Beddington, Surrey, from 1783; m. 1800 Charlotte, widow of Gen. Thomas Pitcairn, and sister of Charles Proby (qv); d. 6 Jun 1841.