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Foxlee, Richard William, elder son of William Theodore Foxlee, M.Inst.C.E., of Weybridge, Surrey, by Fanny Elizabeth, daughter of Herbert Tew, of Harrow, Middx; b. May 29, 1885; adm. May 14, 1900 (H); left July 1903; A. M. l. C. E. March 7, 1911; M. l. C. E. Jan. 8, 1929; Deputy Chief Engineer (Civil), Office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies 1928-45; Chief Civil Engineer 1945-9; Engineer-in-Chief and Engg. Advisor to Secy. of State for the Colonies 1949-54; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1945; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1953; m. April 2, 1913, Olive Marjorie, elder daughter of F. R. Flintan, of Hersham, Surrey; d. Nov. 27, 1961.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, EDWARD, fifth son of Hon. and Rev. Charles Redlynch Fox-Strangways, Rector of Rewe, Devon, and Jane, youngest dau. of Rev. Dr. --- Haines; b. 3 Apr 1806; adm. (G) 20 Sep 1820; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; BA 1827; ordained; Rector of Melbury Osmond, Dorset, from 1830; d. in British Honduras 31 Dec 1838.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, HON. GILES DIGBY ROBERT, brother of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); b. 26 May 1798; adm. 17 Jan 1810; left 1812; Cornet, 7th Light Dragoons 4 May 1815; Lieut., 12 Dec 1816; half-pay 25 Mar - 24 Jul 1817; Capt., 27 Feb 1823; d. 12 Feb 1827.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, HON. JOHN GEORGE CHARLES, brother of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); b. 6 Feb 1803; adm. 22 May 1815 (Best's); KS 1817; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1821, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1821 (sic), but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1821 (sic); BA 1824; a Clerk, Foreign Office; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Adelaide 23 Jul 1830-7; MP (Whig) Calne Sep 1836-7, Dorset 1837-41; m. 19 Feb 1844 Amelia, third dau. of Edward Marjoribanks, Greenlands, Bucks., banker; d. 8 Sep 1859.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, STEPHEN, brother of Edward Fox-Strangways (qv); b. 10 Aug. 1811; adm. 30 Sep 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1829, matr. 2 Jun 1829, Westminster Student; BA 1833; MA 1835; d. at Malta 4 Mar 1839

FOX-STRANGWAYS, WILLIAM THOMAS HORNER, 4TH EARL OF ILCHESTER, eldest son of Henry Fox-Strangwways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester, and his second wife Juliana, dau. of Hon. William Digby (qv); b. 7 May 1795; adm. Lady Day 1807; KS (Capt. ) 1809; his “Diary of the Challenge of 1809” is printed in F. H. Forshall, Westminster School Past and Present, 1884, pp 575-84; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1813, matr. 1 Jun 1813, Westminster Student; BA 1816; MA 1820; attaché, British Embassies at St. Petersburg 1816-20, Constantinople 1820-2, Naples 1822-4, and The Hague 1824; Secretary of Legation, Florence 1825-8, Naples 1828-32; Secretary to Embassy, Vienna 1832; Under Secretary, Foreign Office Aug 1835- Mar 1840; Envoy Extraordinasry at Frankfurt Mar 1840- Jan 1849; succ. half-brother as 4th Earl of Ilchester 3 Jan 1858; m. 21 Jul 1857 Sophia Penelope, second dau. of Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart. (qv); d. 10 Jan 1865.

FOXTON, GEORGE LARDNER, son of Rev. George Foxton, Vicar of Coxwell Magna, Berks., and of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and Sarah Lardner (IGI); bapt. Great Coxwell, Berks. 24 Dec 1794 (IGI); adm. Lady Day 1807; KS (aged 14) 1809; left 1811; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1812; migrated to Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1816, matr. Mich. 1816; BA 1823; MA 1826; ordained deacon and priest 1818; Perpetual Curate of St. Peter’s Chapel, Blackburn, Lancs., 18 Mar 1829; Vicar of St. Peter, Worcester 20 Sep 1839-52; Vicar of Kempsey, Worcs., from 1852; m. 22 Aug 1822 Anne, dau. of William Hardman, Chaucher Hall, Lancs.; d. 12 Apr 1879.

FOXWELL, PHILIP; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1670; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1673, adm. pens. 29 May 1673, scholar 1674, matr. 1676; BA 1676/7; ordained priest (Norwich) Nov 1679; Rector of Tostock, Suffolk, from 1679; also Rector of Norton, Suffolk 1708-10; m. 17 Apr 1682 Catherine Brydon, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; buried Tostock, Suffolk 28 May 1736.

FOYLE, EDWARD, brother of Gorges Foyle (qv); bapt. St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford 10 Jul 1726; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1736/7; left 1743; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 May 1743; BA 20 Jan 1746/7; MA 1749; ordained priest (Winchester) 17 Jul 1750; Rector of Kimpton, Hants., from 27 Jul 1750; Prebendary of Salisbury from 1 Sep 1779; m. 1st, 12 Jan 1755 Anne, dau. of Thomas Hayter, The Close, Salisbury, Wilts.; m. 2nd, 24 Aug 1773 Elizabeth Thomas, Southampton; d. 7 May 1784.